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Salina Carbaugh

Mrs. Ramirez

English

28 November 2016

Should Animals Have The Right To Be Treated Humanely?

Based off of the 1,423 U.S animal cruelty cases that were reported in 2011 by

petabuse.com 70.1% of dogs were abused along with 20.9% of cats and 24.1% involved other

animals. Many people in the U.S happen to own pets, in fact there is about 70 - 80 million dogs

and 74 - 96 million cats owned in the U.S. So if you happen to own a pet whether its a dog, cat,

fish etc. You learn to love and care for your pet as if its a child, would you abuse your own

child? I would hope not, but people tend to think that animals are just animals and that its okay

to abuse them and harm them. Animals are so helpless they cant defend themselves from harm.

There are about 10,000 puppy mills in the United States according to ASPCA. A puppy mill is

where they breed puppies in unsanitary buildings and they sell them when theyre 8 weeks old to

pet stores or even straight to the public like on the internet, newspapers etc. Females are forced

to breed at every opportunity that they can get, the females have no time to recover from the

previous litter and eventually when they cant produce anymore puppies or their body just

doesnt give out anymore then they would get killed and this process will repeat with another

female. Another way that dogs suffer from animal cruelty is by dog fighting. In order for a dog to

fight in a dog fight they first need to be induced with anabolic steroids to help enhance their
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muscle mass and to make them more aggressive during the fight. According to ASPCA, dog

fighting is a felony in 50 states but yet it still occurs. These poor dogs are forced to fight or else

they would be killed or get killed from injuries from the fights. We really need to crack down on

stopping animal cruelty to help these helpless animals.

Farm animals rights are completely different from dogs, cats etc. animals that you would

consider as pets. Farm animals have no federal laws protecting their right. How does that make

you feel knowing that innocent animals are being harmed and tortured for our own consumption?

94% of Americans believe that animals shouldnt be cruelly abused before we consume them. I

believe that animals shouldnt be consumed at all. There are many people who live a vegetarian

lifestyle and they still receive all the proper nutrients from substitutional foods. You can receive

the same amount of protein as meat by substituting meat with vegetables or even by eating

beans. You can find different food choices that have the same amino acids in them just like meat

has.Vegetarians tend to live 9 years longer then somebody who eats meat. You can also lower

your risk of heart disease, diabetes and from some cancers. Vegetarian diets are so much more

healthier then regular diets because people who eat red meats tend to have a higher risk of having

cancer because when red meats are being processed and smoked, cured and salted have high

risks of cancer. So why risk your health and eat meat? Live a healthier lifestyle by eating fruits

and veggies and live 9 years longer as a vegetarian.

There are many different types of vegetarian diets such as a lacto-vegetarian which is

somebody who doesnt eat meat, fish, poultry and eggs. Including foods that contain those
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ingredients. But they will eat dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt and butter. Another

vegetarian diet is an ovo-vegetarian, they do not consume meat, fish, poultry and dairy, they will

only consume eggs. A lacto-vegetarian diet doesnt eat meat, fish, poultry but will eat dairy

products and eggs. A vegan diet is somebody who doesnt eat meat, fish, poultry, eggs and dairy

products. It just depends on what kind of diet you would be willing to give up to live a healthier

lifestyle. I would give up anything to have animals not be cruelly abused for our own

consumption when we can eat different things rather then meat. Animals were not made to be

tortured and killed for our own use. Animals were made just like you and me, us humans are

animals too. Animals are so innocent and helpless, they cant protect themselves from being

tortured for no reason.

Animals are put in the worst living conditions when they are in slaughterhouses. They are

sleep, food and water deprived. They are all put in confined spaces stepping on their own feces

and they are hurt from the metal cages that they live in. Many farm animals who get shipped to

slaughterhouses are hurt in the process. Animals go on conveyer belts to load them onto the

trucks and most of the time the workers are in a rush that some animals fall off the conveyer belt

and suffer from internal injuries.

Please help these helpless animals. Choose to live a vegetarian lifestyle to show that you

care about the animals. These animals are suffering and they need our help, they are being

slaughtered for our own consumption but we can survive without eating meat. So please help

these poor animals from harm and become a vegetarian.

Works Cited
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"Pet Statistics." ASPCA. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

"Animal Abuse Database." Pet-Abuse.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

"Animal Cruelty Facts and Stats." RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

"Puppy Mills." ASPCA. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

"Dog Fighting." ASPCA. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

"Nutrition and Healthy Eating." Vegetarian Diet. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

Carmody, Sean. "Last Chance for Animals." Last Chance for Animals - Factory Farming.

N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2016.