New York City’s Animal Care Centers (ACC) faces a dog capacity crisis, temporarily suspending intakes, but welcomes adoptions to find loving homes for their furry friends.
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How to Take Action Against Animal Cruelty
Animal cruelty has always been something that I deem truly unacceptable. This includes intentional, malicious acts of animal abuse and less clear-cut situations where an animal’s needs are neglected. It’s also been proven that violence against animals has been linked to a higher likelihood of criminal violence and domestic abuse.
Mail Carrier In Florida Dies On The Job After Being Attacked By 5 Dogs
In a devastating freak accident, a U.S. Postal Service worker was attacked by five dogs while delivering mail in Florida this week, tragically dying in the hospital afterwards. The 61-year-old woman, Pamela Jane Rock, was in Putnam County, a rural area of Northern Florida. The vicious dogs were supposedly behind a fence when they escaped and attacked, prompting one neighbor to bring out his firearm before proceeding to fire “several shots into the air and to the ground in an attempt to disrupt the attack.” Unfortunately, this attempt to scare the dogs was unsuccessful, the owners and neighbors had to physically pull the dogs off of the victim.
Dogs Rule the Political Spectrum, Let’s Sniff it Out
65 percent of Americans own pets. The common three are dogs, cats, and fish. From the research of the University of California Press, there is a psychological identity for owning pets in a political spectrum. Conservative thinkers are more likely to have dogs than cats for pets.
