Animal Cruelty has been a reoccurring problem throughout
history. In most cases, pet owners treat their domestic animals as if they were
companions or family. However, there is a surprisingly large amount of animal
cruelty cases reported each year. The most prevalent type of animal cruelty
often deals with dogs, and in particular, the pit bull breed. Much of this type
of animal cruelty has come due to the breed’s involvement in dog fighting
across the United States. In many cases, dogs which fall victim to animal cruelty
are treated and put up for adoption at rescue agencies. However, the pit bull
too often does not have this option.
The pit
bull breed is unrightfully looked upon as an aggressive and unfriendly breed.
This bad image has led to the pit bull having one of the lowest adoption rates.
Unfortunately, this forces many rescue shelters to enforce a non-adoption
policy, due to overcrowding. This means that if a pit bull is too old,
aggressive, and unfriendly, there are high chances that the animal will be put
down. The current state of the pit bull
and animal cruelty situation depicts a very dark future for this breed. For this reason, I find it important to do
what is possible to increase the adoption rate of the pit bull breed. By working
towards increasing the amount of pit bull ownership in stable homes, it is my
hope that the image of the pit bull can soon be changed, providing a bright
future for pit bull adoption.
