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New passions for the New Year

January 4, 2010

I have a new passion for animals. I recently got a puppy a few months ago and I started watching shows on how to train her, like ‘It’s ME or the Dog’. I learned from these shows that hundreds of puppies are born each year, and about 25 to 50% of them are put into to shelters because the breeders can’t find homes for them.About 25 to 50% of those puppies in the shelter will be put to sleep because they could not find homes. When you think you are doing a good thing by breedind dogs, you are actually killing many. Did I also mention that about 5 to 10% will be abandoned? I felt horrible when I learned about this. So my New Years passion is to start volunteering in a no-kill shelter. I will try to find time on the weekends to help, or maybe after school. The only problem is that my mom may not have time to drive me, or my parents will try to discourage me because they think it will be to hard or painful to see some hurt dogs. When I grow up I might become someone who works in an animal shelter or a dog trainer.Dogs have just as many rights to live as humans, I am prepared to help them! The link below is the shelter I hope to work at.

http://www.theanimalhaven.com/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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