AnimalAbandonment

Helpingmakeanimalabandonmentstop

ByKaylaBriere

~TableOfContents~
1. Introduction
2. Theeffectsofanimalabandonment.
3. Whatcausesanimalabandonment?
4. Whatoccursduringanimalabandonment?
5. Howyoucanhelp.
6. TeenActivist
7. Conclusion
8. WorkCited

Introduction
Imagineyouwereaninnocentpetthatwasthrownonthestreet
andlefttheretodieinthecoldwithoutshelter,food,orwater.Thisisthe
fateofmanyanimalsaroundtheworld.Iwillexaminethisissueby
explainingwhathappenstoabandonpetsandprofilinganactivistwho
workstohelptheseanimals.Iwilllookathowmanypeoplearetryingto
stopthisissueandhowyoucanhelp.Myevidencewillhelpreveal
strategiesathowwecanhelpsolvethisproblemwithdifferentsolutions.

Effectsofanimalabandonment
Theprobleminpet
abandonmentisthat
peoplebuyoradopt
animalsandlater
sooncometofind
outthattheycanno
longertakecareof
them.Peoplemight
losemoneyfrom
havingapet
becausefood,orthingstotakecareofitaretooexpensive.Hereisan
exampleofthishappening;letssayAmanboughtadogoradoptedit
fromashelter.ehadthisdogforabout2months,thensuddenlyhesees
he'slosingmoneyandcannotbehomewiththedogallday,sohe
doesn'twantthedoganymorebecauseitistoohardtotakecareof.
Nowhejustwantstodrivesomewherewithopenlandandletsthedog
go.Nowthedogisleftbehindwithnohome,shelter,food,orwater.This
couldhavebeenpreventedifhesimplylookedonlinetoseehowmuch
andwhatwillberequiredforcaringforadog/pet.Whenthishappens

peopleeitherleavethepetofthestreet
orgivethemtoshelters.Someshelters
killanimalsiftheydon'tsellortheyhave
tomany.Ontheotherhandwhenthey
leavetheminthestreettheyhaveno
foodorshelterandlaterdie.

Whatcausesanimal
abandonment
Peoplecauseanimalabandonment.Thecausethisbyadoptingorbuying
andanimalandlaterrealizingthattheycan'ttakecareofitanylonger.
Sotheyjustleavethemonthestreetsorabandonthemintheforest.
Theyarelefttodieandtheyhavenoonetogivethemfoodorshelter.
Thisaffectstheanimalsbecausetheyarelonely,homeless,afraid,and
lefttodie.Itisuptothemtofindshelter,water,andfood.Wemust
fightagainstthespiritofunconsciouscrueltywithwhichwetreatthe
animals.Animalssufferasmuch
aswedo.Truehumanitydoes
notallowustoimposesuch
sufferingsonthem.Itisourduty
tomakethewholeworld
recognizeit.Untilweextendour
circleofcompassiontoallliving
things,humanitywillnotfind
peace.

AlbertSchweitzer
.
ThatwasaquotefromAlbert
Schweitzerspointofviewonanimalabandonment.

Whatoccursanimalabandonment?
WhenitcomestoAnimal
Abandonment,Itcanhappenina
sequence.Firstthingthatoccursduring
animalabandonmentisthatthepet
ownerbuysoradoptsapet.Second
theykeepthemandtakecareofthem
forabout2or3months.Thirdiswhen
theystarttorealizethatthattheycan
nolongertakecareofthem.Fourth
theyrealisetheywilljustgetridof
themsotheyleavethemonthestreetsorinthewoods.Fifththepets
eitherdieorhungerandthirst,ortheyarekilledeitherbyapassingcar,a
otheranimal,ortheydon'thavetheresourcestosurvive.Thishappensa
lotineverydaylife.

HowYouCanHelp
Petabandonmentisaveryimportant
issue.Animalabuseandanimal
Abandonmentarecomparedtoeach
otherforacoupleofdifferentreasons.
Onereasonisthatanimalabandonment
endsineitherdeathorstarvation.Animal
abuseisrelatedinthissituation,abuse
canresultindeathorabandonment.
Whenitcomestothesesituationstheybothworkthesameway.Aowner
cannotorseetheirpetasuselesssotheyethirabusethemandlater
abandonthem.Tohelpsavelivesofinnocentanimalsgotoanearby
shelterandadoptapet.

TeenActivist
WhenLouWegnerwas
around14hefoundout
whatreallyhappened
tounwantedpets.He
volunteeredtohelpata
localLAshelter.While
volunteeringhewas
verysadbecausesome
peoplesawtheirpets
asdisposable.Helater
learnedthattherewas
onlywastoescape
deathrowin
overcrowdedshelterswasfromeitherrescueoradoption.Asyouwouldguess
mostpeoplewouldjustletitgo,insteadLoudecidedtodosomethingaboutit.
I
wantedtoletmygenerationknowthattheseanimalshadfeelings,cried,were
sad,feltabandonedandalone,SaidWegner.Hedidnotwanthisgenerationto
seehispetsasDisposable.Usingsocialmedia,Wegnerspreadthemessageto
otheryoungpeopletohaveotherpeoplestepuptoanimalabuse.NowWegneris
18yearsoldandheisnowpartofAmericanHumaneSociety.Then,Wegner
foundacreativewaytospreadthemessage.Hewenttoseniorpromwithhis
friendEmilyCapehart.Theyalsodecidedtodoubledatewithtwoshelterdogs.
Janice(oneoftheshelterdogs)wasondeathrowinLA,andwasfacingthegas
chamberinVirginia.HisstorygainedattentionfromCNNsegment,andJaniceand
Olliewereadopted.

Conclusion
Someday,Ihopetheanimalabandonmentstopsandallanimalshavenicewarm
homesthattheycanstaysafein.UntilthenwhenIseeabandonanimalsIthink
diffrentnowandtrytohelpduetomyresearch.WhenIcomeacrossanimalsin
dangerorabandonmentIwilltrymybesttohelpoutandIhopeotherpeoplewill
two.Iwilldonatetolocalanimalsheltersandvolunteertofunds.Howwillyou
help?

WorkCited
Lutz,Angelina.MeettheTeenAnimalActivistWhotooktwoshelter
DogstoProm.
Dogster.com.
February21st2014.Web.January26,2016.
http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/dogrescueadoptionkidsagainstanima
lcrueltyactorlouwegnershelterdogsprom

Workcited
Burke,EdmundWelcometoanimalrightsaction.comAnimalrights
shelter.com.Web
http://www.animalrightsaction.com/petabandonment.html

Workcited
Elwood,Ian.AnimalabandonmentisacrimeWinningthecaseagainst
animalcruelty.April8,2014.Web
http://aldf.org/blog/animalabandonmentisacrime/