In The article “WILD, WILD,PETS,” The author tells us about two different ideas on whether exotic animals make good pets or if they do not make good pets. Tim Harrison thinks that having exotic animals as pets should not be allowed. But Scott Shoemaker thinks that exotic animals can be pets. In my opinion, I think that exotic pets should not be allowed in people’s homes like Tim Harrison. My first reason is exotic animals can be dangerous and attack you in your house. In a caption in the story
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Service Description Risa’s Pet care This Service is “Pet care” which is caring for your animal while you are away on vacation or may just at work for an extended period of time. The average person when going on vacation will take their animals with them. There are some occasions where they are not permitted to take the animals; this causes stress on the owner to figure out what to do with the animal(s). Where can I place my pet? What type of treatment is my pet going to receive? Are they going
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The Beneficial Pet COMMS/156 September 2, 2012 The Beneficial Pet Have you ever asked yourself why we have pets, besides the most obvious of reasons? Yes they are all quite adorable but what is the real reason for having a pet or better yet what should we look for in a pet. Pets are not only a good source of love and friendship; they are also beneficial to our health. “According to the American Pet Products Association,
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Products & Services Pet owners make up 62% of the US population. Many of these owners deal with full time work, travel, vacation and sometimes short notice emergencies that take them away from their home for an extensive period of time. Current solutions for pet care involve the pets traveling with their owners (inducing stress and trauma), boarding the pets (exposing them to illnesses/parasites of other animals) or inconveniencing friends/family to care for them. Pet care has become increasingly
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Introduction: According to the HumaneSociety.org, “Each year, 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized ( put down) in the United States, simply because too many pets come into shelters and too few people consider adoption”. Most pets at shelters come from puppy mills or families that could no longer keep their pet. Adopting helps fight against the puppy mills and helps lower the percentage of animals being put down. I've seen the outcome of puppy mills and what they do and we, as people
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innocent pets are homeless or euthanized because of overpopulation and a lack of people willing to adopt them. Shelters are overcrowded by stray pets which causes sanitary conditions to be low. Shelters also have difficulty paying for feeding and care of all the pets they house. There are also pets that live alone on the streets and in the wild who are not adapted to fending for themselves. Many people dedicate their time to helping these unfortunate pets but they can't do it alone. Many pets around
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animals get misplaced, stolen, or killed from heavy bags. Also, when a natural disaster occurs you need to take quick action to save yourself, but what about your pet? Many people leave their pets stranded in their dog house, during a tornado, so they get badly hurt or killed. Lastly, lots of dogs get chained to trees outside or poles in the city. Animal chaining is another big problem for pets. All over the US dogs spend most of their time outdoors by chains attached to collars and stalked to the
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What’s the best class pet? If you had the choice between a bunny, turtle, or crab which would you choose? If it makes a difference what would you choose if it was a class pet? Well that is what this is about I know a teacher that has a group of first graders and they want a class pet. I think that these three pets are the best options for first graders for many different reasons. But first we need to talk about the animals and know more about them before we decided on the class pet. The first option
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Pet Ownership Pets have been around people for about as long as anyone can remember. Many people have owned at least one pet in their lifetime – and I am no exception. I have owned a total of five dogs in the past couple years, my oldest dog currently 10 years old. I know from experience that, owning a pet can be a joyful and fruitful experience. All too often, baby animals are bought or adopted simply because they seem small, cute and cuddly. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of
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power like a bulldog, and intelligence and agility of a Terrier. Pit Bulls should be kept as pets because they are easy to care for, they have a high tolerance for pain, and they are misunderstood. Pit Bulls are easy to care for, and that makes them great pets. They have short coats and do not continuously need to be brushed. (6 reasons why Pit Bulls make great pets). Dogs with short hair are easier to take care of because people don't have to deal with long hair getting everywhere. Also, taking them
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parents, I was always excited to go if they had a pet. I would even remember the pet’s name over the person’s name. I also liked going to the veterinarian with my pet. I enjoyed looking at and reading all the posters about pet care and health as well as watching the veterinarian help our pets feel better. As a kid our family’s veterinarian was named Dr. Grimm and he always took the time to explain what he was doing and how it would help our pets. For a long time I wanted to become a veterinarian
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Health care is important for the survival of anything alive. Any person or animal needs it. Whether it’s taking a bath once a month or eating healthy to stay happy and fit, it all comes together to keep any pet or animal healthy for a long and happy life with their family. In some cases the usual caretaking of a pet isn’t enough when a pet has become sick, so a veterinarian, someone with higher knowledge of their pet’s anatomy is needed to correctly diagnose their ill pet. But before a vet
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your pet giraffe to help you. YAY your hat is saved! That's how it would be if we got a giraffe. I have always wanted a giraffe, even if they are not the typical pet! Another reason to get a giraffe besides the fact that it would help with proper training, it would teach me how to be responsible. I would need to clean it, feed, and take care of it. With the part with feeding it, I would have to learn how to take care of trees so that it could eat. Besides the responsibility of taking care of the
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The number of animals outnumbers the number of people who would want to be pet owners, which results in animals that are thrown aside day after day. Each year, over 2 million abandoned pets are year because shelters are too full and there aren’t enough loving homes. The American Humane Association, founded in 1877 as an organization dedicated to helping animals. Dr Robin R. Ganzert is the current CEO of the American Humane Association. She has written a lot about the problems with animal abandonment
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class pet for her 1st grade classroom. Usually, a class pet could be a good idea, but you need to know which animal to choose. She prefers the animal to have a small habitat, easy to care for, fun and safe for the kids, and can stay at the school overnight and during weekends. After much research, I have found that guinea pigs and fish fit her standards and could be a new pet for the young children. On the other hand, rabbits, surprisingly, aren’t necessarily a great choice as a class pet. First
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double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font. Save the file as: ENG403A/404A_S1_7.1_ [insert assignment name]_FirstInitial_LastName.doc Example: ENG403A/404A_S1_7.1_Research Paper First Draft_J_Smith.doc (200 points) Type your draft here: Canine Health Care "He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe
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Problem of Unwanted Pets: A Case Study in How Institutions "Think" about Clients' Needs,” by Leslie Jane Irvine, the author focuses on why there are shelters for homeless pets. The author asserts that many pet owners love their pets, and want to keep them as part of their families; however, there are people that want to get rid of those pets such as dogs and cats that always cause problems, or troubles for the owners. Without searching for solution, those owners instead set their pets free on street.
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providing for their humans. Service animals take care of people with health problems, while emotional support animals take care of people with mental health problems. Emotional support animals should have the same rules and rights as service animals. Service animals and support animals have many similarities and differences when it comes to their roles. Service animals are trained to take care of people with disabilities. Emotional support animals take care of people with mental health
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feeding, and taking them for walks on behalf of clients upon agreed schedules and routes. Other duties include disposing of dog waste, planning walking routes, observing pets' behaviors, reporting concerning issues to clients, and taking them to a veterinarian during emergencies. I would get the required documentation, such as pet-sitting liability insurance and local council permits. To get started, I would seek the services of a software engineer to develop a dog-walking app called Ultimate Petcare
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dogs/cats into loving homes a year (…) We’ve had dogs/cats stay at ARL for years before they find their forever family.” (ARLEP, 2015) On the other hand, being a nonprofit organization, as it name says, it’s likely to have problems with money. The pets they rescue need water and food which can cause income issues. Most of this organizations are likely to ask for donors, but having this huge amount of animals rescued requires time and any source of support of this type meanwhile there is a caring
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Nowadays pets is one of the factors that makes our life more colorful. Many research and studies confirm about the psychological and health benefits for the pets owners. Dog is the most favorite pets and often called human companions because their friendly and loyal attitude towards his master. World Health Organization (WHO) said about 70 percent of households in the world have one or more dogs. Hence, we want to build the pet shop that not only accommodates dogs. But made a pet shop that gives
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Adopt Do Not Shop My research paper's main idea is the overpopulation of cats and dogs in animal shelters in the United States. The supporting ideas of my outline are how did overpopulation become a problem, why is overpopulation a problem, and how can we solve this problem? The most important thing to know about my research topic is that overpopulation is a serious problem in the world. 2 to 3 million cats and dogs are euthanized in shelters every year due to overpopulation. Who would you say
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evening. My name is Esperanza and I live in Bolton, like most of you. I work in an animal shelter “Bolton Pets are Us” based in Bolton. We are committed to reduce the unwanted dog and cat problem in Bolton, dealing with over 2000 animals per year, either reuniting them with their owners or finding them new homes. The aim of my visit is to make all of you think about the decision to buy a pet as a gift this Christmas. There is nothing cuter than the image of a fluffy, little puppy under the Christmas
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definition of what it means to be a pet and a companion animal . Varner’s definitions do not leave any room for abandoned animals that are capable of the kind of companionship he is describing but are suddenly torn away from it, or animals who have never known that kind of companionship but still crave it. While the welfare of an animal one does not own may not matter to that particular individual, it does matter just as much as the welfare of the owned animal. I define a pet as any owned animal. I disagree
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difference between doctors and veterinarians being one treats humans and the other animals, both have more in common than most would think. When a person gets sick they go to either a doctor, or hospital, then are treated based upon appointment, or how serious their health is. Subsequently, animals are treated the same way. Animals break bones just as people do and medical equipment such as X-ray machines, in this case, are used to locate the fracture for both. Humans and animals both get sick and
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aren’t the best possible solutions for helping your special pet. There are limited options for assisting blind pets. That’s why our group decided on creating an invention that enhances the quality of life for pets with disabilities. Starting off, we will introduce the present technology. The technology consists of a Blind Dog Hoop Harness. This device is a large plastic hoop that attaches to the harness of a blind dog. This device takes the place of a walking stick for a human being. There are some
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kind of cruelty. This means we're most animals only hope, and it only takes a little bit of time and effort to support a local animal shelter, this will help change many animals lives. We can support our shelters by donating money or adopting an animal. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals, ASPCA, "An animal is abused every ten seconds in the United States,"(ASPCA). As a nation we must take a stand for these abused Animals around the world to try to stop animal
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understanding that we are not at home. That some of our notions of what we believe to be right, may not be the same of other places. We start to think more in favor of the other culture, because we realize that that our views are the absolute norm on how things are done (Waller, 2008 pp. 20). The negative side of that comes into play when, you have cultures within cultures with other cultures. Living a small suburb community, would have their own set of relativism cultural views. As a resident in that
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cats are the most common to be abused in the United States. People abuse their dogs when they think it is right and they don’t have any respect for them or themselves. Owners let their dogs fight other dogs and that is wrong. People agree to let their pets to be guinea pigs to see what would happen to the animals during the lab testing. Cats are the second most animal to be abused
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Ticks and other parasites are a constant threat to our beloved pets, and should be treated as such all year round. That's why tick treatment is so important, but many pet owners remain unclear on just how often they should visit the vet for it. Carrolltown Veterinary Hospital is a full-service animal clinic that has been serving the people and pets of Sykesville, MD for over 30 years. Tick treatments are just one of the many services they offer, and they have some advice on prevention that goes beyond
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