In the article “The Last Meow” by Burkhard Bilger he states that our love for our pets has gotten out of control. I agree with his argument because I believe that we do spend too much on our pets. I think that we spent too much money that is not necessary. There are basic things you need to buy for your pets like food and shots but other things are just over bored. It states in the article that we spend 11 billion in veterinary care alone.
last 1. What are the author’s major claims? Bilger claims that Americans’ love for their pets is out of control because they spend forty-seven billion dollars on them. 2. Which claim is the strongest?
He is right; spending billions on animals when our society is yet to be perfect, or even near it, is absurd. The money can be spent on something different, on something that has a cause. Animal senses are more aware than ours are; sick animals should not have to endure the extra pain. According to Bilger, “Americans now spend $19 billion a year on veterinary care fro their pets.” A specific care given is root canals. That is crazy; with
“ Furry Fortress of Deals” Have you ever wanted to shop for your furry friends, and try to get the most bang for ones’ buck? Realizing that those plastic little toys are not going to last throughout the week. By time you get home and give your pet those $80 dollar pet supplies that they are destroyed in 5 minutes. Petsmart is the best store to shop for pet supplies. The supplies at Petsmart make it the best store to shop at because of the different departments, huge selections, and great prices.
This is typically true for many American families with pets: they are willing to give up just about anything for their beloved pets. Some people preferred to spend more money on a cat. Like for example someone could spend over $15,000 on a cat and they are happy in spending four times more on a car. If your pet is sick or it needs a surgery they will preferred to spend the money on the pet instead of saving the money for something else if they need it. Know a lot of people in Americans spend $19 billion a year on a veterinary.
The fact is there are numerous reasons that may make one give up a pet to an animal shelter. However, this is not necessarily because the animal is injured or has a certain fault. Animal rescue centers usually concentrate on bringing up animals in the healthiest way that they can to make it easy for one to adopt a dog, should one choose to take the dog home. The shelters also regularly examine the pets and vaccinate them accordingly and regularly, and they pay close attention to the pets to ensure they are in their best health. In relation to cost, it is usually much cheaper to purchase a pet from an animal rescue center than it is to purchase a pet from a
Explain. (5 points) Money lost to build the park instead of investing in new housing development which would also make the town lose money gained overall if they the townhouse addition was installed because of all of the families that would have moved in. These families could have been possible investments to small business in the town as well as help donate money to the schools that need improvement and help with their maintenance. 6. Identify at least one pro and one con for each of the following options: (5 points) a. leaving the land undeveloped Pro: not having to worry about keeping the land maintained for the dogs or the townhouse owners Cons: losing money for the town or not having a park for pet owners to take their dogs to b. selling the land to real estate developers to build homes Pro: the town will gain the $850,000 that developers are offering to help
Usually Savannah and Black throats live about ten years but do, to poor care and bad cages they usually don’t make it more than a year in captivity. While they both need a basking spot of 130 F or more and a high elevated spot to achieve better basking. Also Savannahs and Black throated –monitors make great pets to the people that are allergic to dogs and cats. They also don’t need much attention like dogs and cats do so when you’re too busy to give them your full attention they will be fine. They both hibernate when the temperature in there environments are not hot enough.
Being a Veterinarian is huge in the world, and often not given enough credit, for without them, our animals all across the world would suffer, and so would the way of life. Veterinary practice seems great with the vision of helping animals, petting the cats, and giving dogs treats after a mouth clean, but it isn't that easy. Because we can't talk to and understand life for animals like Dr. Dolittle, we need Veterinarians everyday, to enlarge and help the animals in and around the world so we can better understand these awesome creatures ("Dr. Dolittle", 2008). Being a Veterinarian takes skill and expertise, for they take care of the health of pets, livestock, and other animals. Others use skills to protect humans againist diseases
Throughout that time these animals become so unadapt to their new surroundings, they become less likely to return to their natural state which gives those experimenting more reason to test them. Most of these senseless experiments are funding by the federal government using the public’s tax dollars and by health charities, which are wasting precious dollars on irrelevant experiments on animals instead of spending the money on promising human-based research (Peta). Norfleet 2 A few companies have banned the use of animal testing, but often the companies that continue to test animals produce inaccurate or misleading results. These results are giving the okay to more and more products being sold to you. Why continue to test animals that may give inaccurate results on products that can still be sold to the human race?