Animals
Educate yourself about how to treat them correctly.
Why You Should You Spay/ Neuter Your Pet.
Sterilized animals live longer, happier lives. It's also highly cost-effective. the one-time cost of spaying/neutering is far lower than how much you would pay rounding up and housing strays, feeding them, and euthanizing animals. Here are the positive effects of spaying or neutering your pets:
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Females won't go into heat.
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Neutered males will be better behaved.
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It will not affect animal's weight.
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Sterilization is completely safe and animals will be back to their regular activities in three days or less.
Declawing:Why You Shouldn't Do It.
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Cats' claws are attached to the last bone in their toes. Hence, when you declaw them, you're technically amputating part of their bone. It'd be the same as cutting off the last knuckles of your fingers and toes.
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People feel that declawing is the only way to tame their pets' scratching habits, but that's not the case.
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Many vets feel that declawing a kitten will not change it's behavior. Many people also believe that you can safely declaw an adult cat without doing any damage or changing it's personality. Still, some veterinarians believe that declawing will permanently damage a cat's personality.
Homeless Animals In the U.S.
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Cats alone in the U.S. range up to 70 million strays.
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Only 10% of homeless animals land in safe shelters.
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About 1.5 million sheltered animals are euthanized each year due to not getting adopted, contracting an illness, or shelters being too full to contain or house animals.
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Homeless animals outnumber homeless people by 5 to 1.
Puppy Mills
THERE ARE AROUND 10000 PUPPY MILLS IN THE WORLD
A puppy can be marketed by a cruel breeder at as young as 8 weeks old.
About 3 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year.
The estimated cost of a puppy mill holding 250 puppies could be $500,000.
Due to carelessness, puppies in puppy mills often end up with epilepsy, heart disease, kidney disease, musculoskeletal disorders, endocrine disorders, blood disorders, deafness, eye problems, or respiratory disorders.
Hoarding
Hoarders think that they can care for more animals then they can actually care for. Some characteristics of hoarders include:
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having a large number of animals
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failing to provide for the animals' basic physical and social needs: food, water, shelter, vet care, and sanitary living
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offer excuses for or deny the abysmal living conditions of the animals
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overcrowded and filthy conditions make for transition of worms, fleas, mange, ear mites, upper respiratory infections, parvo, distemper, and other diseases
Since most of the animals aren't spayed or neutered, they reproduce quickly. Injuries could also occur from the animals getting into fights. Most injuries go untreated which leads to infection. When cats are deprived of human contact they become skittish and produce feral offspring. With he animals behavioral problems and psychological neglect eliminates the animal's chance of becoming adopted and most have to be euthanized.
How can you help?
Educate yourself about the terrible practices of homeless animals in the U.S. Get the word out, and visit your local no-kill animal shelters. You can adopt or volunteer; Shelters are always open for help. No-kill and cruelty-free shelters are leading causes at the end of the homelessness of animals. Our local shelter, Angel Paws , is great for adopting cats and kittens, as well as rescuing cats from kill shelters around New Jersey. They also have feral cats which they take care of despite them not being able to live in homes. All of their cats and kittens are eventually neutered and spayed. We recommend visiting them or the PetCo in Clark Commons, which they're in partnership with. You can also donate directly to Angel Paws, or donate to our drop off boxes around Cranford, NJ. Events for our project will be listed below:
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Clark Commons' PetCo Pet Supply Drive, April 28th; 11a.m.-3p.m.
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Cranford Street Fair Booth, April 29th
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Clark Commons' PetCo Pet Supply Drive, May 12th 11a.m.-3p.m.
ABOUT US
We are Girl Scout Troop 40534. We are working on competing our silver award and have decided to inform people about how animals in the U.S. are being mistreated. Over the past few months we have been working hard to spread the word of animal mistreatment. With your support, we can reach our goal of having our community enlightened, as well as promoting our local cruelty-free shelter.