...associated black cats with superstition. Historically, in the US but also in UK, black cats were associated with witchcraft and evil. Black cat was sign of poverty in China, in Europe is bad luck to have a black cat cross your path. In Canada, bans on the adoption of black cats on Halloween were common until a few years ago. But, is some cultures, black cats they were celebrated and seen as a sign of good luck. In UK, Japan and Australia it is quite the opposite: black cat is a sign of good fortune and good luck. For 19th century sailors black cats were kept on ships as they believed it would bring them luck. Fisherman’s wives would keep black cats while their husbands were away to sea, believing they...
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...Sample Adoption Agreement provided by: www.halrescue.org ADOPTER'S INFORMATION: Name: Phone Number: Address: License /SSN # City, State, Zip: INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPTED ANIMAL: Cat/Dog/Other If other, specify: M/F Date of Birth: Color: Other description/markings: ADOPTER'S AGREEMENT • I agree that the animal is being adopted for myself and will not be sold, adopted, or given to another party. • I agree that the animal will not be allowed outdoors without supervision. When taking my dog outdoors, s/he will be on a secure harness and wear proper ID. • (If adopting a cat) I agree that I will not declaw the cat or allow the cat outdoors. • (If adopting a dog) I agree that this dog is to be a companion animal, not a guard dog. The dog will live inside my home. • I agree that the animal must be spayed/neutered by 5 months of age. If the animal is not spayed/neutered prior to adoption, proof of surgery must be mailed to the rescue within 30 days of the procedure. • I agree to care for the animal in a humane manner. This includes supplying adequate food, water, shelter, attention, and medical care. • I agree that if at any point I can not keep the animal, I will return him/her to the original...
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...CLRC Writing Center Writing a Compare/Contrast Essay As always, the instructor and the assignment sheet provide the definitive expectations and requirements for any essay. Here is some general information about the organization for this type of essay: • A comparison essay notes either similarities, or similarities and differences. • A contrast essay notes only differences. • The comparison or contrast should make a point or serve a purpose. Often such essays do one of the following: Clarify something unknown or not well understood. Lead to a fresh insight or new way of viewing something. Bring one or both of the subjects into sharper focus. Show that one subject is better than the other. • The thesis can present the subjects and indicate whether they will be compared, contrasted, or both. • The same points should be discussed for both subjects; it is not necessary, however to give both subjects the same degree of development. • Some common organizational structures include: (see note below) Block method (subject by subject) Point by point Comparisons followed by contrasts (or the reverse) • Use detailed topic sentences and the following connecting words to make the relationship between your subjects clear to your reader: Connectors That Show Comparison (Similarities) In additon Correspondingly Compared to Similarly Just as As well as Likewise Same as At the same time Connectors That Show Contrast...
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...Think Adoption If you consider that I’ll say the policy of adopting children, you will be wrong. It isn’t suitable for this occasion. So, I’ll say “adopting animals, cats and dogs, instead of buying them”. Adopting can make you achieve love which you can’t buy. Nowadays, more and more people start to keep a pet. But after a part of people raising them for some time, they will be abandoned because of illness, age or other family factor. As everyone knows, dog and cat is also a precious life. There are millions of animals in the world just waiting to find loving homes. Homeless animals should suffer from illness, hunger, the bad weather, loneliness, even the cruelty to them. “Think Adoption”, in fact, is a socially useful activity to make people know the foster care and adoption awareness. Awareness is the first step of action. It is more blessed to give than to achieve. When we help the vagrant animals, we accumulate not only love and blessing then blessing will pass on more, but also prove that the world still has much more love. If you don't mind a dog variety, just to have love and wanna keep pets at home to be responsible for all their lives, you can go to the adoption sites to choose one. You can find information easily on the internet. If you don’t have enough time or other factor that you can’t keep a pet , don’t be worry, you can visit the online shops of the adoption sites to one. Warmth, companionship and an unlimited supply of smiles pets give...
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...Society has often viewed pets, whether it is a dog or a cat, as part of the family and they often get treated like a member of the family. Unfortunately, not all pets arrive at a family’s house under the same circumstances. Many families decide that they want to purchase their pet via a breeder because they feel like they want a purebred dog, as opposed to the dogs that are sitting in shelters for months to even years at a time. Society needs to adjust, as purebred animals will still have a high chance at being bought, but shelter animals have a chance to spend a large chunk of their lives living in hopes that someone will come by and adopt them. Society has long preferred the purchasing of purebred dogs over shelter dogs and for various reasons. The first reason is the predictability of the physical traits in a purebred dog. By breeding two of the same dogs together, it uses a very similar set of genes which means that the traits that are common amongst the parents are going to be common amongst the offspring that they give birth too. A second reason is that people will buy their purebred dogs for the intent to run the dogs through dog shows. Purebred animals are the only kind of animals allowed in dog shows, so therefore by adopting a non-purebred dog; it eliminates all possibility of entering into dog shows. A third reason is that some temperamental traits are predictable in the offspring of purebred dogs. If the parents have similar temperamental behaviors (ex. biting,...
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...Cats Make the Purrfect Pet Cats Make the Purrfect Pet Looking for a new pet? Look no further! For almost four thousand years, people have kept cats as pets and it’s no wonder. Although cats don’t commonly play fetch and “play dead” like dogs do, they are a far cry from inferior. Cats make excellent pets for four reasons: their rodent hunting skills, ability to be on their own, instinct to use litter boxes, and desire to keep themselves clean. The first reason why cats are so great is that they are natural hunters. With a pet cat, chances are you will not have to worry about having mice in the house. Beetles, spiders, ladybugs, and centipedes will not stand a chance. Cats are playful by nature and will usually want to get anything that moves. You may even be lucky enough to have a cat that will clean up the dead animal mess all on its own! Another reason cats make great pets is that they do not require constant attention. Cat owners can safely leave their cat on their own for short trips with little worry. A clean litter box, plenty of fresh food and water, and a few toys will ensure that your cat is happy until you return. Although cats need attention like any other pet, they will not demand it in the quantities that some others would. Third, cats want to bury their waste, which comes in handy for you! No need to get up in the early morning on a snowy December weekend because your dog needs to potty. Simply let your cat do it by herself...
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...10 Reasons Why Cats Make Great Pets Looking for a pet that is not too high maintenance, yet loves to play and is gentle around children? Then consider adopting a cat. By Michele C. Hollow of Pet News and Views iStockphoto Bad Rap According to Andrea Arden, an Animal Planet Pet Expert and professional pet trainer, "Cats sometimes don't get the credit they deserve. They are often seen as solitary, aloof creatures." But this can be far from the truth. Cats can thrive in a family with children, and can even learn to play games that are traditionally associated with dogs, such as fetch. AndreaArden.com Get a FULL YEAR of Family Circle® for just $5.99! iStockphoto Playful and Agile Cats love to play. They are quite acrobatic too — especially when you take out a toy fishing pole or a cat dancer toy. They will leap, run, and pounce on the toy, which is great fun to watch. Get a FULL YEAR of Family Circle® for just $5.99! Pleasing Purrs Ever listen to a cat purr? It is one of the most delightful sounds. Children often squeal when they hear it. Get a FULL YEAR of Family Circle® for just $5.99! iStockphoto Cuddle Time Cats love to be pet, held, and cuddled. Plus, they are extremely loyal. Give them a bit of attention, and you'll get a lot of love in return. Get a FULL YEAR of Family Circle® for just $5.99! iStockphoto Litter-Box Trained Most cats are litter-box trained. You won't have to walk them on cold, rainy days. They do prefer doing...
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...support to the owner. Adopting a dog is in itself fulfilling since I will deliberately take care of the pet while providing the necessary care and amenities. Majority of dogs up for adoption are pure breeds, thus possess excellent agility and obedience levels (Banks, 2006). Dogs are beneficial pets especially because of the endless options which a dog can undertake. There are competitions available for the pet dogs for instance they can be useful for therapy purposes or even security services. Such competition avenues are not available to other pets like cats and lizards. As long as the dogs are spayed and neutered on regular basis, most illnesses which affect them will be put at-bay. Thus expensive medications due to illnesses like hip dysplasia, cancer or chronic seizures will not be undertaken translating to a lot of savings. Other dogs are already trained on commands and obedience thus bonding becomes easy. This is not the case with other pets like bird or even lizard where the adopter has to engage in serious training prior to familiarizing with the pets behavior. More often than not, you adopt a dog is probably mature therefore it is already house and kennel trained. This is unlike when one buys a puppy from a breeder and has to undertake such initial procedures as teething, kennel training, crying and whining and a host of other messes (Banks, 2006). When proper training is accorded to a dog, instances of destroying the household are minimized. Pets like cats...
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...Bringing Strategy to Life: Aligning your corporate culture with business goals Leaders of high-performance companies understand that a corporate culture that is aligned with its strategic priorities helps the organization achieve business success. The challenge: achieving alignment and sustaining it over the long term. High Performance: As Unique as a Company Itself One of the most striking characteristics of highperformance organizations is the level of harmony between business strategy and organization culture that they manage to achieve and sustain over time. A manufacturer competing chiefly on cost and efficiency, for instance, requires a culture very different from that of a luxury goods retailer for which personalized customer attention is the ultimate differentiator. “High performance” means different things in companies competing on different strategic priorities across industry sectors. In short, the right high-performance environment is one that helps a company achieve a specific set of business requirements. In a high-performance organization, workplace practices must actively influence the employee behaviors needed to execute its strategy and reinforce its market focus. behaviors of leaders are critical in establishing a culture that aligns with the business strategy. But, certainly, this is easier said than done. In fact, many companies’ cultures are not aligned with their business objectives, because their leaders, who by and large focus on the financial and...
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...Reflection Paper Hanjing Kong 11/1/15 Emily Murphy Bus X103 Reflection Paper: Cats Haven Nowadays, as the quality of people’s life getting higher, keeping a pet as a company at house start to become a popular trend in this society. However, a lot of people who buy pets later decide it is an inconvenience and get rid of them. Pet abandonment becomes a huge problem worldwide. There are countless millions of cats and dogs put to death every year, simply because people want to breed more pure blood pets, or just because they are not able to survive after they got abandoned. Majority pets got abandoned will have their lives forcefully ended feeling terrified, alone and unloved. Statistics worldwide shows that there are around six hundred million pets every year and many countries have extremely cruel animal overpopulation controls. Luckily, there are still groups of kind people in this world who would provide abandoned pets shelters, food, and love selflessly. I have always wanted to volunteer in an animal shelter, but it is quite difficult because volunteering at animal shelters usually requires several months of training and classes which my schedule doesn’t allow me to participate. After surfing on the Internet for 3 hours, I found Cats Haven. Cats Haven is Indianapolis’s oldest non-profit, no-kill, free-roaming feline sanctuary. It has been serving the Central Indiana community by specializing in care for special needs and elderly felines for over 25 years...
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...Lovelypuppy---- (Yunni Li, Shengying Liao, Weiguo Wu, Zhuoyuan Zhong, Amy Carls) A. We choose the “lovely puppy” as our domain name. Certainly, it is a really direct name to make our customer to figure out the objects of our company. But the point we need to mention is that the aim of our company is to encourage customer to adopt a puppy instead of buying one. Our business focuses on the gathering information of different organizations. We compare and find the best puppy to fit customer’s requirements. In other words, we act as the intermediary between customers and various organizations. Besides offering information to customers, we can also evaluate the qualification of the customers for adoption. The statement of the specific objectives of our website offers the information of puppies to customers and gathers information of customers to organizations. The website is the most important part to our business. We act as the intermediary between customers and various organizations. So the website is the critical part to gather and offer information. As well, our website is a platform to communicate between customers and us. Our website should include introduction of each dog, the information of being a qualified adopters, the application form for customers, the sales of accessories, tips of raising a dog, and question-answer sections. We will illustrate the information of each dog including age, breed, color, temperatament, gender, weight and even the history of the dog. In this...
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...Chandler Gore Writing 121 Sean Crouch 6 December 2013 Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Animal shelters were non-existent until the late 1800’s but now every year in the United States six to eight million dogs and cats enter animal shelters and three to four million of them are euthanized. Of all the animals that enter animal shelters, only 15.8 percent of dogs and two percent of cats get reunited with their owner. Unnecessary deaths of animals occur because their population is growing rapidly due to breeders and illegal puppy mills. Also, the public doesn’t understand the importance of sterilizing their pets by spaying or neutering them. Most animal shelters have become more humane about the way they euthanize the animals at their shelter, but there are still hundreds of shelters that use inhumane ways to euthanize animals such as electrocution and decompression. Buying an animal from a shelter instead of from a breeder will decrease the population of the animals, which will result in less animals getting euthanized. Some people might argue that animal shelters are a staple for our economy because they can keep the rates of animals under control. Animal shelters do house hundreds of animals at once, and only keep the ones that they think are best fit for adoption and euthanize sick and injured animals. Without animal shelters, there would be a lot of unnecessary pain and illness of animals on the street. Shelters are a place where people can bring their pet if it...
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...Jazminn Parker Period 2 March 27, 2014 Ford Essay 1.) An animal’s food and water bowl have been empty for two days. Because he whines and barks from thirst and hunger, his owner beats him with a stick and ties him to a pole on the front porch. The dog sits for hours, which become days, in hot scorching heat, and brutal icy blizzards. Animal abuse is one of the main issues that have been around for years. Today we are lucky enough to have commercials and donations that help to stop animal abuse. But this doesn’t stop all situations. People need to do more to help animals. 2.) The first and main action that needs to take place is a mandatory mental health screening for anyone that wants to adopt an animal. This procedure will help with knowing whether a person has any mental health issues such as bi-polar or schizophrenia, so that an animal cannot be placed in their care. Also a doctor’s visit to prove that the person doesn’t not have any spreadable diseases. These procedures will help to do so much, it will decrease the number of animal’s abuse and help save many lives. Not only will mental health screenings and doctor’s approvals help but so will background checks. Background checks will decide if this person has any violent or aggressive behavior. If he or she does, then the animal should not be able be given that person. 3.) Every animal needs medical attention. Whether it be an emergency or a daily checkup. The owner should make sure that he is financially...
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...(Show video)- who would like to help these animals? So would I. My name is Lindsay, and I am going to talk to you about pet overpopulation. According to dogbreedinfo.com, only one out of ten dogs and one out of 12 cats will find a home. Meaning 800 dogs & cats are KILLED every HOUR. I have four dogs and two cats, all of which were adopted from a shelter or rescue. I want you, as my audience, to realize that by buying an animal from a breeder or pet store you are contributing to the pet overpopulation problem by creating demand for irresponsible breeding. By choosing to adopt, you will not only save a life, but you will also ensure that your adoption fee is going to help the next unwanted pet that comes in the door of that shelter. Another thing you can do to prevent over population is… Spay and Neuter your pets! By doing so you are ensuring that you do not become an “accidental breeder” American humane.org says that in many cases, these people will go on to become repeat offenders, engaging in a continuous cycle of irresponsible breeding or pet acquisition and disposal because they know they can easily find a new home for the animals. Some advantages: Spayed or neutered pets tend to live an average of 2-3 years longer than those that are unaltered. Spaying or neutering protects pets from some types of deadly cancers. It reduces the chance of pets running away or fighting. Dogs who have not been spayed or neutered may be three times more likely...
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...humane conditions that are usually over-crowded and unsanitary with little or no medical attention. (Hernandez, 2015, para. 12) For this reason, puppy mills should be stopped by increasing awareness, adopting a puppy from an animal shelter or rescue group, and lobbying for stricter legislation. How can the average person help raise awareness and put an end to puppy mills? They can become an educated consumer and understand where the puppy-mill puppies are being sold – through pet stores, online or newspaper advertisements. They should not support local pet stores that sell animals and encourage others to follow suit. They could join a non-profit animal organization such as the ASPCA or PETA. These organizations provide a wealth of knowledge about several animal topics including puppy mills and current legislation. Additionally, there are many ways to volunteer with these organizations such as joining a fundraiser, running a charity event or assisting in the fight for stronger legislation. Most importantly, they must learn how to recognize signs of animal cruelty and report any inhumane behavior to local authorities. Within local communities, people can consider adopting a pet from a local shelter. In the United States alone, “…2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized each...
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