A Beagle becomes a chain smoker in a medical lab. He smokes through a machine linked to his wind pipe by a tube. This experiment is designed to study the connection between smoking and lung disease. Between seventeen and twenty-two million animals are used in research each year. Another astonishing fact is that city pounds put to sleep between ten and sixteen point seven million dogs and cats each year. Well I know you are all saying “Yeah, Yeah but it is painless and the pounds are humane because they put the animals to sleep painlessly”. True, they do put the animals to sleep painlessly but, what you don’t know is that 1.1% of all dogs and cats in the pound go to research labs. We need people to help prevent things like this from happening. There are people that have devoted their lives and other people their spare time to help these poor defenseless little animals. These people make up the non-profit organization The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals otherwise known as the SPCA. They use volunteers to help work through the community. To help these animals people need to help because these animals by law have very few rights. Us as citizens though have many rights and have a voice. People need to use these gifts to help. One way people can help is to volunteer.The benefits of the SPCA is that its volunteers not only help the animals but, people and the community, too. According to Warren Cox, executive director of the SPCA “We must work together to create a better world foe people and for animals...a place of love, kindness, and compassion.” The SPCA’s mission statement isTo offer refuge, medical care, nourishment and an opportunity for a second chance for life to unwanted animals in our community To protect animals from cruelty, neglect, carelessness and ignorance To offer a public sentiment of humanity and gentleness toward animals To en...
