dinsdag 24 juni 2008

The situation in Venezuela

For the people who care about animals, more specifically dogs and cats, we have a very sad situation in our streets with hundreds of vagabond dogs and cats. These animals had a home until the day their owner left them. After being domesticated, these dogs and cats are not able to survive a life alone on the streets. In addition, breeders, pet shop owners, and some unscrupulous people produce hundreds of dogs and cats every year, many keeping these animals in cages too small with lack in nutritional care. Why support these inhumane ways of breeding when many of the animals that already exist face a life without homes? Besides looking for food, they will have to survive fights, the danger of being run over by a car, or worse, be a part of an animal fighting ring… all a daily adventure. Unfortunately, these dogs and cats are seen as a problem because they defecate in gardens and streets and they destroy the bins in search of food, causing contamination problems. Some organizations just solve the problem massacring the stray animals. Other people try to help them, some are charity associations and others are refuges for those abandoned cats and dogs, but this is not enough. We need to educate people about the sterilization of their animals and the responsibility of having a pet. The economic situation of my country is not the best and charity is decreasing. We need more laws to protect these animals from mistreatment and/or euthanization. They deserve a life of respect for being apart of this world as well. Let’s end this suffering and let our voice speak for theirs!

Solution:

  • Sterilization is one way to reverse animal overcrowding, more control and sanction of the irresponsible people.
  • Adoptions, and do not forget the adult animal. (This can also be done virtually through supporting a refuge)
  • Create laws that punish the human being for the suffering and death of an animal if is the case.
  • Help the refuges and animal activist organizations that do not sacrifice animal.
  • Become educated about training dogs and teach other people educate their animals instead to leave them in the street.




My ideas:
Help trough the shelters that already exist!
To organise the animal week in which there will be collect of material, money, lectures in the schools in order to educate, all what the people wants to do concerning animals that can help those.
Be coach of the voluntaries that wants to start helping the strays animals in cities where aren't shelters or asociations.
Doing internationals and nationals adoptions of those animals.
Difusion of information
To organise visit to the shelters!

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