Saturday, September 27, 2008
Current thought of the day
Well, there have been a lot of thoughts going through my mind lately, and I've been debating on what to write about. Well, an important issue to me that is on my mind are animals. My sister and her friend went to pet smart today for the adopt a pet day or whatever it's called and helped to get the animals adopted to owners. Well, of course not all animals are going to be adopted, which is unfortunate. Most people immediately go straight towards the puppies or kittens, but the older animals get overlooked because they're not as cute or as healthy or as playful. That's sad, though, because those older animals need a home just as much as the young ones do, if not more. Many animals who aren't adopted and left at the shelters for a long period of time are usually put to sleep, and that breaks my heart. There are so many animals today that are born and not wanted, and too many are born because many owners do not spay or neuter their animals. Why do people have puppies or kittens if they don't want to keep any of them? Do people do that just to make money? Well, a lot of animals do not have homes because there are too many animals being born! So I encourage everyone to spay and neuter their animals; I know it's a lot of money. And if you want a pet, go adopt one and save a life! If I could adopt more animals I would, but I have too many already, 3 of which have to be spayed and neutered. Well, those are my thoughts for today...I'm sure you can tell I love animals; sorry for those who don't if you've wasted your time reading this blog.
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2 comments:
I completely agree with you on this one. People would never have a baby and then abandon it, but some of them very easily do just that with their pet's babies. I used to live in Hawaii, and there's a big problem with feral cats on the island. People just don't consider the consequences of their actions. Too often I'd hear stories of how someone would drive out to one of the far away neighborhoods and just drop off a box of kittens. These poor animals then become savages which no sane person would even want to adopt. Thankfully, Shreveport doesn't seem to have quite such a problem as other areas, but that's not to say that it doesn't happen here. Unfortunately, I don't see a real solution to this epidemic of irresponsible pet owners. The only thing that might work is attaching some sort of criminal penalty to this behavior. But it would be very hard to enforce. And while it sounds very cold-hearted to say, sometimes the most humane thing to do with all these unwanted pets is to put them to sleep. Because if they weren't, then Shreveportians would get to experience what its like to have wild, ferocious animals lurking behind every alley and dark corner of their neighborhood. There's really no good solution except the one you suggested which is to make sure your pet is spayed/neutered. Perhaps if veterinarians didn't charge so much then people would have it done more often.
Worleybird,
I agree with you that animals shouldn't be put to sleep. They have a life just like we have one and they should be able to live it. I feel that every human, creature, or animal should live their life to the end.
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