Monday, April 20, 2009
Animal Cruelty
I decided to write my paper on animal cruelty but particularity on Pit bulls, because they are considered to be one of the viscous dogs in the society and because of their bad names that people give them they are hated and are treated the worst of all the other animals. Majority of the owners put these species to be fighters and vicious animals. I believe that all animals should be equally loved and appreciated no matter how bad they seem to be pit bulls are like babies they absorbed what you teach them and show them as loving parents just like you would love your own children. Most owners of pit bulls take these species in to love and care for them not to put them through mistreatment of any kind. Growing up I have owned about 4 pit bulls and all they did was bring joy to my life and make me want more to cherish and raise as my own. I am aware of the animal police trying to crack down on animal cruelty, but maybe we need more people to be aware of it because many animals are in the street and are suffering from hungry and mistreatment. Look at cats there are any just around the neighborhoods of others and people just ignore them as if they are not meant anything. I feel like am leaving all the other animals out since am only speaking about pit bulls.
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Sounds like a good subject. You might want to look over the sides of the issue. Maybe you can look up a case where a pitbull was falsely accussed of attacking someone, point out the harsh treatment of the animal if there was any. Also look at the attacks on people by animals as well. It is good to be well knowledge in both sides of the argument, it helps develop a strong opinion against the opposition of your stance. Anyhow, take care and good luck.
ReplyDeleteIts a good subject, but branch a bit more than pitbulls, for all the heat pitbulls they get in the media pitbulls are only about a 8% of the nyc animal population (assuming your sticking only to local / state abuse). Animals who get mistreated the worst are cats, just google search Cat abuse and youll probably puke. Felines are discriminated against alot more than canines. Because cats are more solitary, isolated and harder to warm up to. Dogs have always been treated higher, "Mans best friend" sort of animal racism. So definately look into more species etc, just my two cents. Also Remember try to use more facts over personal experience/reference when debating your topic.
ReplyDeleteHello, my name is Dashawn and I'm from Dr.Smiths ENG 101 class. As far your topic goes its good you narrowed it down to that topic of pit bulls, but like your fellow peer mentioned it would be good to mention both sides of the story and go into detail about how pit bulls randomly attack people.
ReplyDeleteHello, just commenting for Smith's class, this is a very interesting subject but its too broad. Maybe examine the mistreatment of animals in domestic cases as well as slaughterhouses. Or you can also examine the growing number of pet abuse cases, and like you said, there are a lot homeless cats on the street. Emphasize why they aren't like squirrels, raccoons and pigeons.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Beelze Fallen, you should look at both sides of the issue to help support your stand on cruelty against pitbulls. Also, going back to what Ron said you should narrow it down to whether you're focusing on domestic cases or slaughterhouses. I think you should talk about animal psychology a bit in your paper as well...
ReplyDeleteThere was this video on youtube where a lot of animal trainers were discussing how pitbulls are like any other dog, they just happen to be stronger so people train them to be viscious. I would have added a link, but the site is blocked on these computers.
As Daniel said, I think that you should branch out on the subject a little bit more. Pit bulls are definitely interesting animals, but limiting yourself to this breed can also limit the quality of the research you find. Sometimes, being a little bit more vague provides you with a lot more information. There are so many cases of animal cruelty in the United States. Pit bulls are the protagonists of many dogfights, which endanger their wellbeing and can lead to their exploitation. Many people disregard the importance of treating animals with a little bit of love, which makes me wonder why they chose to get pets in the first place. Maybe you should consider exploring other aspects of animal cruelty. You could consider exploring the selling of exotic animal’s skins, the eating of endangered turtles in china, etc; Did you know that people in China often import turtle meat from the United States in order to feed their belief that it provides a longer life and better health? Turtles are harvested for meat and oil, and are condemned to death by the loss of habitat and breeding ground. You should explore the how animals are treated and the reasons why animal cruelty takes place. Many animals have high market value and are sold in the black market. If you think about it, animal cruelty also affects us. Einstein predicted that if bees became extinct, humanity could survive 3-4 years after that. How does animal cruelty endanger our wellbeing?
ReplyDeletemy best friend works in an animal shelter and she told me that pits are one of the most loving dogs but they are easily trained to become vicious so i think you doing this topic is a great idea.
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