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I will pay for the following article The Importance of Thinking Adoption First When Choosing a Pet. The work is to be 5 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page.
I will pay for the following article The Importance of Thinking Adoption First When Choosing a Pet. The work is to be 5 pages with three to five sources, with in-text citations and a reference page. The purpose of the paper is to investigate why adoption should be considered first when choosing a pet. Further, the use of pets in shelters as resources for adoption by healthcare institutions and other facilities will be examined.
It was estimated in 2004 that the American pet-supply industry sales produced profits of over $23 billion every year and that it would continue rising. The increase in companion animals is considered by professionals in the industry as a positive sign people are appreciating the value of pets. However, a contrasting picture is revealed by the number of these ‘valued’ pets entering shelters and being euthanized. “Because the pet-supply industry is so lucrative, businesses put significant effort into marketing their products to the pet consumer” (Fournier & Geller 61). Media advertising also plays a major role in pet-supply sales, thereby contributing to the overpopulation of pet animals.
“Puppy mills” is the descriptive, derogatory term used for dog breeding farms that produce and supply puppies to pet stores. Strategies to terminate such enterprises include “educational programs to encourage adoption of pets from animal shelters” (Guither 108), promoting legislation to regulate and license dog breeding enterprises, and requiring pet stores to give the source of the animals they offer for sale. Some animal rights groups claim that policies have not been enforced against commercial dog breeding, and inspectors have not examined the animals in commercial breeding facilities. People wanting to buy a pet are advised by animal rights groups to buy from small family enterprises where puppies are well cared for and free from disease.
Most animal welfare organizations “promote spaying and neutering to reduce the number of unwanted animals being born” (Guither 108). .
