My Persuasive by the cool trevor(karsh)

Trevor Karsh
ELA 3/4
Animal Abuse


Imagine you are an eight-month-old puppy. Your owner is a frequent drinker, and he takes all of his anger out on you. He kicks you, hits you, screams random words at you, and hardly ever feeds you. This is how 13 percent of animals in the US are treated. It’s time for a change. Animal abuse has been happening since the first century. We can change that, by either monitoring who gets pets, or having a license to have a pet.

Animal abuse is a problem and we need to stop it. In Mississippi, there was a black lab puppy named Buddy. Buddy was found in a gas station dumpster with his mouth, eyes, and ears glued shut. All of his legs were broken beyond repair. Buddy was euthanized. This is just an example of the horrors that go on in our world. I think that animal abuse is wrong, and people who abuse animals should get lives and do productive things like getting a job. Animal abuse is a very serious problem because when animals are abused they will often lash out at humans. If animals start to do this, then it will no longer be safe to have pets. It is proven that people abuse animals because they want to feel like they are the dominant one and they feel that they need to torture animals that they know cannot protect themselves.

Animal abuse can be stopped, by monitoring who gets pets. We can do it. According to California Penal Code Sec 597.1, a judge can, “prohibit a convicted animal abuser from having other animals as a condition of probation.” (www.nokillnow.com) Although there are some laws that deter animal abusers from adopting, there should be more regulation and punishment for the ability of these people to adopt. Obviously, this didn’t stop thirty-year-old Otis Dwayne Smith from dog fighting, which in California is a felony. There are some people who would think that it wouldn’t work. However, we set our minds to it, we can do anything.

We can also have people get a license to have a pet. That would work because if you abused a pet then you would be tracked down. I believe this would work because then nice loving pets wouldn’t end up in the wrong hands. If we can do this then we can stop animal abuse for good.

If we put our minds to stop animal abuse, we can change the way the world works for the better. So if we monitor who gets pets, we will have a better chance to stop it. This form is best because it’s the easiest way to control pet abuse. So go out and pet a dog; they deserve it.