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This is an assignment I did for my econ independent study class today. It addresses an issue that is very important to me that I plan on expanding much more on in the future.

Animal Cruelty

Throughout American history, all groups of people struggled to gain their rights. However finally in the year 2009, all legal citizens of the United States have equal rights protected under the Constitution. It is a great achievement in both World and American history. All that was fought for has finally become as clear as day. For people, America is a truly astounding place to live and succeed.

Of course, America is still not perfect. There are small underlying problems still conflicting society. One such problem being animal cruelty. Though in the recent years physical animal abuse has decreased in homes, it is still consistently present in shelters and stores. Many animal shelters do not have employees that know how to properly care for animals. They pair the wrong sized breeds and/or genders together. In high end pet stores, the owners don't typically take the animals well-being into consideration. They breed excessively, which causes health issues for both the mother and newborn animals.

Outside of shelters and pet stores there is the issue of neglect and abandonment. Often when people move, if their new house or apartment does not allow pets, instead of finding their animal a new home, they will simply leave it behind to fend for itself. If an animal has been domesticated and has relied on humans for the majority of its life, the odds of survival on the streets are not in its favor. Also when people have pets, they often think it is okay to leave them unattended for days on end. Though they can manage for quite some time on just food and water, they will eventually need to be cleaned, walked, brushed, and simply loved to continue living in healthy way.

Most Americans don't realize how emotional and tender animals can be. Certainly, if they could speak, they would express feelings of rage against certain people for their unfair treatment. Imagine for a moment being in an abused animals place. They have no control or even say over what is happening to them only for the fact that they cannot speak. If there was something out there greater and stronger than we are, and it could not understand us, would we be willing to tolerate abuse from it? Undoubtedly, no we could not. The well-being of animals needs to be looked at closer and needs to be addressed more in today's society.