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    In life, it is normal see a few stray animals around town digging in the trash cans, walking around, or trying not to get hit by cars as they go from one place to the next. On a particular day, there was a dog that stood out from the others to one person. Libby was on her stomach, crawling towards the person in a happy yet fearful manner. The person did not know why until giving the dog an overlooking. What the person found was shocking. Libby had a number tattooed inside her left ear, which confused

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    Animal Cruelty and Abuse

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    Animal Abuse/Cruelty Introduction- “I looked at all the caged animals in the shelter… the cast-offs of human society. I saw in their eyes love and hope, fear and dread, sadness and betrayal. And I was angry. “God,” I said, “this is terrible! Why don’t you do something?” God was silent for a moment and then He spoke softly, I have done something,” He replied. “ I created you.” ~The Animals’ Savior Copyright Jim Wills 1999 Second Paragraph- The problem is that the old days, they used to trade

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    Animal abuse is becoming more adamant in the world every day. Punishments received by offenders aren’t as deserving as what they should be. Laws on the abuse and neglect of animals should be stricter and contain more consequences. The current punishment standards do not seem to decrease any of the abuse. Animals are looked upon by some as peripheral beings. Animals aren’t objects; they have the right to be treated with dignity and respect, as much as a human should. There are very few who have the

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    An animal is abused every ten seconds. Animal abuse can come from religious heritage like bullfighting to just doing it for fun. I believe we need to stop animal abuse. We can start by ending organized cruelty, stopping puppy mills, and we need to add more laws against it. Organized cruelty is basically animal abuse which ends with killing animals. My first example is cockfighting. Cockfighting is when two roosters with blades strapped to their claws, fight to the death, while people not only

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    addressed A major problem in today’s society is that animals are being abused globally. It doesn’t matter if the animal is being starved, dehydrated, neglected, beaten, or even straight out slaughtered: it’s all some form of animal abuse. Some animals, specifically dogs, are inbred and sold illegally. It’s these abusive tendencies that this project is focused on to build awareness toward these issues. All types of animals are victims of abuse including dogs, cats, horses, chickens, cows, deer, goats

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    Pet abuse is very wrong in many ways because pets have feelings, lives, and rights. Imagine if you were beaten for no reason, forced to do something you did not want to do, and left to die. This is how many animals are treated everyday. Nobody should do this to animals, and it must be stopped. People can help in so many ways people cannot imagine. Animal cruelty and abuse is a nationwide problem rapidly growing in today's society. Truthfully, no one deserves that kind of treatment. What if it was

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    Animal Abuse and Neglect and How to Stop It Each year, millions of animals die from animal abuse and neglect. Animal abuse includes torture, beating, mutilation, poisoning, shooting, as well as confinement. Animal neglect consist of failing to provide access to food, water, shelter, and sanitary conditions. Along with insufficient shelter from harmful elements, such as cold, heat, rain, and snow lack of, also improper medical care and treatment (Gale). Animal abuse and neglect is becoming a big

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    endangered animals parade around the stage, but many do not know what goes on behind the scenes. Animals are taken forcefully from their homes and families. Bullhooks, electric prods, ropes and fireplace pokers are used to train the animals in the circus (Godd). “This process is hidden completely from the public and is wholly unmonitored by any federal, state, or local entity” (Godd). Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus was a well known circus that used animals, and as most animal circuses

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    Animals have been a main focus in circus performances around the world for many centuries; however, in recent history, there have been far more regulations put on the use of these creatures, stemming mainly from how they are treated by both their trainers and the circus as a whole. Whether it be on the federal or local and state-level, there has been a definite increase in the questionable legality of America’s circus industry due to the neglect and abuse of the participating animals, courts’ decisions

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    Animal abuse is an issue people hardly look at. People are not being informed enough to the abuse of these animals. Not just dogs and cats are being abused, wild-life such as zoo animals and show animals like in circuses. Animal cruelty is a problem that’s rapidly growing, animals around the world are being starved, beaten, or just left to die. There are many different types of animal cruelty, the more common ones are mistreatment, abandonment, and scientific research. Animals who are in zoos and

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