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= = = Animal Cruelty = by Brenda

**Introduction**
I found my interest in animal cruelty when one day I was walking down the street and I see a man walking his dog. The dog seemed very scared of something. Then the man ties the dog's leash to a fire hydrant and commands him to stay. The dogs whimpers and starts to bark. The man came over and kicked the dog. The dog sat there shivering and scared. That's when it dawned on me that the man was abusing the dog, and the dog was very afraid. As a matter of fact many many people abuse their animals. People just don't pay attention to these things, but it is very important. Animal cruelty happens to many animals who fall into the hands of cruel people. We should try and help protect these animals from being mistreated.

**Body** Many large businesses would do anything to get profit even if it harms animals. As long as it is cheap and legal, they would do it. Businesses like KFC, Petsmart, Donna Karan, IAMS, and many more. The things that they do are legal, but what they do is just wrong. All these companies are involved with animal cruelty and we should try to help the animals in need. We should stop buying their products until they stop doing what they do to the animals right now. All these people want is money and they would do anything to get it. They will do anything to get them money and anything that is cheap so they mistreat these animals. All these animals live a short and miserable life so we all should try and help these poor animals.

KFC workers are very cruel to the chickens that they use to produce food. They try to find cheap ways to kill the animals.They stuff the chickens into crates so they can ship them to the KFCs around the world. The workers get paid by how many chickens they put in the crate, not by the hour. They stuff the chickens in the crate faster so that they can get paid more. They also break the chickens' wings and legs so they can get them into the crate. They inject them with drugs to make them grow so large that their legs cant support them. Some of them die of heart attacks, but they still serve us the dead chicken. The workers boil the chickens in very hot water when they are still alive. That must be very painful for them. What I'm trying to say is that the chickens that KFC uses for food live a very short and miserable life. If people are going to eat the chickens, why not let them have a good life. To just let them be chickens and grow the way they are naturally supposed to.

Petsmart has great products for your pet, but they definitely do not take good care of the animals they sell. They hide animals in the back room where no one can see what is happening to the poor animals. Basically these animals are dying slowly and they don't have any veterinarians to help them. Petsmart has told PETA and customers that they supply the animals with veterinary care when they need it, but this seems not to be true. They hide these animals so that they will be out of customers' sight. All these animals are dying and they don't do anything about it. They even admitted that they used glue traps on mice and rats. They sell mice and rats, but they're killing them by using glue traps. Remember Petsmart might have great products for your pet, but they are cruel to the animals they sell.

Donna Karan uses animals for their pelts. She uses their fur for the clothes she designs. She promised to stop using animal fur in her clothing designs, yet she still sells fur. Many of Donna Karan's competitors don't use fur in their clothing. She might lose money if she continues because people are against it, so they will discontinue buying her products. Donna Karan knows that all these animals that she uses for fur suffer, but she still continues in using these animals. All these animals suffer a lot because fur farms use the cheapest ways to kill the animals. Some of the ways they kill these animals don't work and the animals wake up when they are being skinned for their pelts.

IAMs makes dog and cat food. They didn't give the animals they test veterinary care and they are very cruel to the animals. They have debarked some of the dogs, sick dogs and cats who are left to die, dogs left on the floor after they hacked part of their muscle from their thighs. Dogs have even gone crazy from being stuck in cages and cells. IAMs told PETA that they would take better care of the animals they use to test the food on, but they lied because they haven't improved anything for the cats and dogs. They stick tubes down dogs' throats to force them to eat vegetable oil. IAMs dogs have so much tartar buildup in their mouthes that it hurts them when they eat. They won't do anything about it because they just don't care at all. The animals that they test in the laboratory of IAMs are the same animals that some of us have as pets. They should be treated the same way you treat your pet because they also need what your pet needs. The IAMs lab director won't do anything about the poor condition that the lab and the animals are in. The director won't do anything about it, so we all should.

In a interview with a local vet who wishes to remain anonymous, she told me that she really wishes that animal cruelty would stop. She has even treated animals that have been through cruelty. The animals that have been through cruelty and are brought to her are mostly abandoned. Then people who care about all those animals in the world bring them to her so that she can treat them. She is also aware of the companies who make animals go through this horrible life. She said she has noticed some of the same behavior in animals who have been through cruelty. Most of them are scared and they shiver or they growl at you because they are scared that you might treat them the same way that some other people have. "I am really glad that there are many organizations who are trying to help the poor animals out there." She still thinks that we should do more to help all these poor animals. "I really hope that all the animals out there that are being mistreated like this will get a better life. I won't stop fighting for the animals' rights until everyone does something about it." This shows that she cares a lot about these animals.

**Conclusion**
You see know that there are many people in this world who are mistreating animals. Many businesses support animal cruelty because they do it too, we should help stop this from happening to many of these animals in the world. Fortunately there are many non-profitable organizations where people try to help the animals who are being mistreated. There are animal rights activists, petitions, boycotts and much more to help these animals. Many people don't care about the animals that are being mistreated. We all should care about these animals because they are living things. You wouldn't want to be locked up in cages and be killed for something that other people want. Neither do these animals, so all of us should help the animals in need.

**Works Cited**
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals." [|http://www.peta.org/]

"Rev. Al Sharpton Takes on KFC." __Youtube__. 16 Dec. 2006. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAz_bDL3mic

PETA. "What's Wrong with PetSmart?" [|http://www.petsmartcruelty.com/whats_wrong.asp]

PETA. "Urge Donna Karan to Shed Fur!" http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/donna_karan_fur

PETA. "The Investigation." [|http://www.iamscruelty.com/investigation.asp]