Persuasive Essay On Animal Abuse

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Imagine being stuffed into a small, cramped cage. Your legs sting from the cold metal grinding into your paws, and your mouth is parched and dry. You hear your stomach grumble, a pain growing in your stomach. You let out a small whine, but know in the back of your mind, it won’t be heard. And won’t change. You’re being abused, and no one will stand up for you. Humans will watch it happen, and think once they see it, they can talk it into the back of their mind, and never think about it again. But it won’t change. Not unless one person decides to stand up to it. But who will that be? Will you take a stand? The injustice I am discussing is animal abuse. This term refers to the mistreatment or cruelty of any animal. All animals deserve respect and the right treatment, no matter their species. Just because they cannot speak for themselves, it doesn’t give humans the right to take advantage of an animal. The Humane…show more content…
Even though those are the animals that are viewed as the ones most affected by this injustice, they are certainly not the only ones. There are still many other animal species that gets abused on a daily basis, and every single one of them deserves to be protected. According to the Humane Society of the United States, “The animals whose abuse is most often reported are dogs, cats, horses and livestock. Based on the 1,423 U.S. cruelty cases on pet-abuse.com’s 2011 digest in which species of the victim was specified: 70.1% involved dogs, 20.9% involved cats, and 24.1% involved other animals.” The evidence shows that many different types of animals that get abused, most of them being dogs, cats, and other animals. This injustice is not just bad, it’s horrific. Sickening. Appalling. Animals are being abused, and killed just for the sake of entertainment. And on top of that, most of the time they aren’t put out of their misery, and are left to die in pain and

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