Baby Inspires Obama
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Baby, a three-legged rescue dog, is making history with our new president-elect Barack Obama as his sidekick.
Obama thought that by bringing home a rescued animal as a present to his daughters after moving into the White House, he would be teaching a lesson of compassion and mercy. Slowly he is expanding this lesson to America.
Like most of the senators who posed with Baby for a book, A Rare Breed of Love, Obama immediately fell in puppy love with the snuggly dog. Although Obama was distressed to hear the abusive stories in the breeding industry of puppy mills, he knew this cruelty had to end. He then sent an e-mail out to his Illinois constitutes who helped him create the proposed, Baby’s Bill.
“If a president cares about this subject, laws will be put into place,” sophomore D.A.W.G. member Liv Taylor said.
The cruel house of breeding, known as “puppy mills”, is where this lovable dog, grew up. Puppies raised in these abusive houses are locked inside cramped cages from birth until death, with hardly any room to stretch. Dogs living in these torture chambers have only one purpose: breeding puppies. According to the CT Humane Society’s PR, research is now showing that virtually 99% of puppies available for sale in pet stores come from puppy mills.
“By adopting a pet you are helping to reduce the pet overpopulation problem and saving two lives, the pet you take home and the pet who is waiting to take his/her place in the society.” CT Humane Society Westport district manager Allyson Smith said.
Not only will Baby’s Bill help these petrified puppies, it will also save taxpayers millions. If Americans simply adopted pets instead of buying from puppy mill consumers, American’s will drop the high cost of animal control. Also, with no customers, the dog breeding industry will then be forced to stop breeding in these deplorable conditions.
“I think it's great that Obama is addressing the issue of the puppy mills, and I hope that with his influence we can start seeing some major changes.” sophomore Sydney Schildnecht said.
By getting this bill passed, dogs everywhere will be wagging their tails with joy. Not only would this bill stop cruelty, but it also will prevent diseases that the victims carry with them. Because the dogs are trapped in cages on top of one another, the dog on the bottom is forced to sleep, stretch, and mope around in fallen poop. Also because getting the dogs their required shots is not as big of a priority to the puppy mill as is reproduction, many dogs remain unvaccinated. The amount of diseases and reproduction happening in the puppy mill is impossible to control.
“Buying pure-breeds for ridiculous prices is just wasting your money as opposed to saving a life for half the money. Could there honestly be any other option?” D.A.W.G. President, sophomore Sam Wood, advises all future pet owners.
