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?
It states in the article that we spend 11 billion in veterinary care alone. When that money can go for other useful things. It says that we spend more than three times more money than welfare. It’s ridiculous that we spend more money on pets than on families who need it who can’t get by. The article states that if we directed that money into other programs and foundations we could lift lots of families out of poverty.
Billions On Sick Animals? “Clearly, our love affair with our pets has gotten out of control,” says author Buckhard Bilger in “The Last Meow”. Today, more and more money is being spent on pets rather than on welfare. Bilger argues that Americans spend way too much money on their pets. He is right; spending billions on animals when our society is yet to be perfect, or even near it, is absurd.
If I would have gone someplace else I would be looking at spending about $50 dollars. Additionally, Petsmart is great store for pet supplies because they have a “Pet Perks” reward card. The reward card lets you gather points and, once you gather so many points, gives you a percentage of your next purchase off. For example, I shop at Petsmart a lot because I have 3 really big dogs that constantly need something. When I had gone in one day for some supplies, the sales associate at the register asked me for my Pet Perks card.
Part 1: I watched the pedigree dog food commercial. Pedigree is the one who paid for the example to be created. There is sort of a “slant” because they show a women in her car with her dog whose overweight and then the car tips over because the dog is so overweight. They don’t say anything about the dog being overweight but it’s clear that is the case. The example shows that society, including our pets, are somewhat overweight but they are coming out with new products to help change that all the time.
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.
Homyra Purmul Mr. Anderson Expo 11 18 Sep. 2011 The Last Meow In Burkhard Bilger’s article, “The Last Meow”, Bilger argues how much Americans spend a year on their pets. Every year that amount rises. Bilger believes our love and spending on animals has gotten out of control. Americans spend nearly three times as much as the federal government spends on welfare grants. I definitely agree with Bilger on this argument.
Persuasive Essay on Adopting a Dog There are numerous reasons why one should make the wise decision to adopt a dog, the first of which is that one gets to save a life by choosing to adopt a dog. In the United States of America only, more than two million dogs are available for adoption on a yearly basis. The main reason why so many dogs are available for adoption is there are many individuals who give up their pets to animal shelters, and the number of individuals who go to shelters to adopt a dog is small. Unfortunately, many animal shelters do not have enough space to house the pets comfortably and sometimes do not even have enough resources to take care of the pets. These reasons sometimes push animal shelters to tight corners and cause them to eliminate some of the pets that have not been adopted.
They spend money on cloths, jewelry, toys etc. It’s getting so out of control that their building parks for dogs. Also people are spending thousands of dollars on medications, chemotherapy and transplants. People are spending money that they don’t have. I agree with Bilger, we are spending too much money on our pets.
Our society is the image of vanity when our dogs are wearing jewels more expensive than some peoples houses. When this becomes the goal in society there is not safe place for wisdom any more. Wisdom has become something that you can buy at Coles or Chapters for no more than 25 dollars guaranteed. Wisdom itself has become a commodity to be sold off to those in search of it only to find that the pages have been filled with vanity instead. The vanity of our culture can be seen so many ways from the vehicles we drive to the ideas that we hold about our wives to the food wrappers that we throw out of our vehicles on the freeway on our drive home.