Introduction: On Christmas Island, dogs have been forbidden to set foot on the island and for a while now, people on the island have been debating about this topic. I powerfully believe that dogs should be able to set foot onto the island because they should have the same right and equality as cats. This island should be a place where dogs are allowed to live and recognise this island as their home. Dogs can benefit our island in many ways and some benefits include saving lives of humans, making our lives healthier, as well as helping us find our belongings.
Point/Argument One: To begin with, dogs have between 125 million to 300 million scent glands, whereas, humans have around five million scent glands. This means that dogs have around 1,000 to 10,000,000 times better sense compared to us humans. Because of this, dogs are able to sense if people on the island have a sickness that can lead to their death. Dogs are also known to sacrifice their own life for us, humans. In 2004,
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Some dogs are able to sniff out objects while others are good at sniffing out living things. In Australia, dogs are used to find so many things, and some examples of what they find include cadavers, drugs, weapons, whale poop and many, many more. Although whale poop may not seem necessary to find, it is in fact very important to some scientists, as they need to do their research and make sure that the population of whales aren’t endangered. In 2014, an eight years old English springer spaniel, Megan, made 100 finds of drugs in a week and became one of the most successful drug detection dog ever – finding £30 million worth of cocaine (220kg) throughout her seven years of working as a detection dog. Since dogs are able to sense things way better than we can, they should be allowed on the island, since the island doesn’t have good security and finding