Results!

I was shocked at the amount of responses I got back for my survey. I ended up with 131 responses, and the responses were up with my expectations. In the response summary for question number one, 13.0% of people answered that they have 0 pets, 20.0% of people answered that they have 1 pet, and 67.0% of people answered that they have 2 or more. It makes me happy knowing a greater percent of people love animals too! For question number 2, 87.6% (78) said they have dogs, 41.6% (37) said they have cats, 18.0% (16) said they have fishes, 2.2% (2) said they have hamsters, 12.4% (11) said they have reptiles, 5.6% (5) said they have birds, 5.6% (5) said they have rabbits, 11.2% (10) said they have other pets, and 11 people skipped the question meaning they don’t have any pets. For question number 3, “Have you ever wanted to be a vet in your life?”, 51.0% of people said when they were little, 43.0% said it was never in their interest, and 6.0% said they still do today. Question number four asked, “When you are away from home, do you think about your pet(s)?”, 57.6% (53) said all the time,6.5% (6) said I forget I have a pet(s), 35.9% (33) said sometimes, and 8 people skipped the question. For my last question, “When you see an animal that needs help do you have the desire to save it?, 69.0% said I’ll save it right away, 8.0% said someone else can do it, and 23.0% said only if they have time. Those are my results for my Animal survey!

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Summary & Response

Chihuahuas Rescued from Brown County, Ohio, Puppy Mill Get New Homes

In this article, “Chihuahuas Rescued from Brown County, Ohio, Puppy Mill Get New Homes” it tells how the puppy mill in Brown County, Ohio, rescued dozens of Chihuahuas and other dogs by adopting them. This shows how their organization care and love for the animals. Many of the canines that were rescued only suffered from fleas and other medical conditions. The total cost accounted for the animal welfare organization resulted at $28,000. Also the owner that was the cause of this incident for these poor canines, Teri Lea Hamilton, is facing more animal cruelty charges.

Doing this good deed brings out the realization of the puppy mill organization and how they support the lives of animals and are against animal cruelty. Even though there are cruel people that harm or do not care for animals, there still are the people who do. In the article they also point out that people can help buy adopting animals, which is what I am going to do when I own my own home. In the article they tell how the owner of the cause is facing charges, so that proves it is against animal rights and you will get punished for going against them. This article proves you can save animals without any costs. Animals should be treated right just like human beings.

Turtle Commotion

Driving down the ramp on sawgrass express way with my dad going 65 MPH with my windows down, music blasting, sunshine rays blinding my eyes, I’m driving like there is nothing that is going to stop me. I turn to my dad for a quick second and look back on the road and realize something straight in the middle of the one lane ramp. I didn’t realize what it was until my dad yells out “turtle!” First thing I do was slam on my breaks to save the precious creature. Luckily, there were no cars behind me the moment I slammed on my breaks because the sight would not have been pleasant.

Right away I quickly get out of my car to go save the turtle, and as I start approaching it, I turn around and realize I created and caused a huge traffic jam behind my car. The line of cars behind me looked like it went on for miles, I could not see the last car approaching. People start honking their car horns like crazy, flicking me off, and yelling,”get off the damn street!” At that moment I didn’t give a crap of what people were saying or thinking. I wanted to save this turtle, and thats what I was going to do. Thankfully, He wasn’t harmed or hurt at all as I came to pick him up to move him off the road. He was medium sized, with cute yellow round spots on his arms and legs, and yellow circles on his shell. His eyes were the most adorable because they were so big and looked like it was popping out of his face. He also had this really pretty lined design on his shelI, he was the most beautiful turtle I had ever seen. So I walked to the nearest grass area where there was a little pond, which was right close by, and I put him there, safe and sound. 

I am walking back to my car and see the look on my dads face, embarrassed, but proud. I smile back at him, kind of chuckling because of all the commotion going on for this. He gives me this look of hurry up already, so I run back to my car with the noise of people yelling, and annoying car horns honking. I take my shift gear off park and put it on drive and continue driving home like nothing happened, but I had such a good feeling. I looked in my side mirror one last time, and start cracking up because of all the cars stuck because of me. Don’t get me wrong. I did feel bad. But I would not take it back because I was able to save an amazing creature and had the best feeling in the world at that moment.

Animals Touch My Heart

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! Ever since I was a little girl, I have wanted to be a veterinarian. This thought has changed due to the fact that it would be hard to see suffering animals day by day. My love for animals still exist. Especially my pet dog - a heartbeat at my feet.

I believe we can judge the heart of a person by their treatment of animals. It shows the kindness and the big heart they have. Some might say, "they are just animals who cares?" In my eyes they are adorable creatures that can brighten my day! Animals are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.