Progress 12/7/07

Another person's opinion on animal cruelty was my mom; her grandfather actually went to animal shelters and adopted animals that were going to be put down. Each one of his dogs was named either Oscar or Jack; this made it easier to call all the dogs. This is a good thing that he did, he saved a lot of animals from death, and eventually they would go to a good home. He also bought underfed horses that could not be sold. He gave them food and shelter, and he sold them once they were of the selling condition. This was not uncommon for him, since he did have a rodeo, and he was constantly buying and selling horses. I think that if more people who are able to do this actually did this, then animal cruelty would be a much smaller problem.

Progress 12/6/07

I interviewed a few people on their thoughts about animal creulty. Hunter Arthur said that she thinks that it should be stopped, and that it should be replaced by some other sort of testing if that is the form of testing that is used, because animals are also creatures. She had a personal story that she was nice enough to share with me. When she adopted her dog, she had been abused and abandoned on the side of the road. She was skiddish about everything, and is constantly hiding behind furniture and under beds, to this day. If you start to pet her, she is skiddish and does't like it, almost as if she is expectign to be hit. whenever their maintenance guy comes to their house, he has to take off his hat, and this is because she acts agressive against him. This is a definite sign that the person who abused her was wearing a hat, and she is able to identify that. Dogs can trust only so much, once that trust is broken, then it is hard to obtain it again.

Progress 12/5/07

I have recently found that all states have different laws on animal cruelty, and that an act of animal cruelty depends on the laws of the state. There are 2 types of actions for these laws: intentional acts, and the failure to act. Intentional is basically obvious whether or not the person knew that he was hurting an animal on purpose. This is usually classified as criminal law. The failure to act is where a person does not provide the necessary provisions required for survival including: food, water, healthcare or, shelter. Sometimes a person does not realize that they are abusing an animal in these cases and can hardly afford to feed themselves. Some laws also depend on how an "animal," is defined, as some people can say that they don't know the difference. Well the problem is that animals actually do have feelings; they give everything to their owners, and depend entirely upon them for their survival. All they expect in return is to be taken care of, just like they do for us, they provide people with therapy, love, companionship, fellowship, protection, and they just want the same from us.

Progress 12/4/07

Still going pretty good, and I have decided that I will concentrate my paper mostly on the laws that are formed around animal cruelty. I just found an article on why people commit acts of animal cruelty; my point on this topic will be to expose how we allow these people to own animals. If we can correct the laws, then maybe these people won't have to resort to these extremes. Then again, sometimes it is just a hobby; some people have too many animals, and don't want to give any of them up. They do not realize that they cannot take care of like 30 cats or dogs. People should not be able to commit these acts of cruelty.

Progress 12/3/07

My progress is coming along quite well, earlier on I was watching the new and saw a report about a dog named Gabby. Gabby had been put to sleep at an animal shelter, and 4 days later she was found in the freezer by an employee, and she was still alive. Our animal shelters shoudl be using more efficinet methods of Euthanasia. This is a place where animals are there to find some sort of peace. This animal did not find peace, Gabby was lucky to still be alive.