The Importance Of The Huron Humane Society

As we watch TV we all see the ASPCA commercials with the dogs chained to trees, cats locked in cages and animals just being neglected. Who rescues these unwanted animals? Who gives the homeless animals a home? The answer is the humane societies and animal shelters of the area. Although some may be unaware, here in our hometown of Alpena we have the Huron Humane Society that takes in the unwanted animals of Alpena county. Many of you might not be aware of all these shelters and organizations provide for our country. That is exactly why we need to take responsibility of the animals living around the United States, fund our shelters, and rehome the animals living in the shelters across America.

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Our Huron Humane Society of Alpena is privately funded, which means it receives nothing from the government. “The HHS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to caring for the homeless dogs and cats of Alpena County” ( Facebook). This can create many problems because with the economy we have nowadays it can be hard to fund a shelter to care for all the animals it has. The same goes for animal shelters. ” A common misconception among pet adopters as well as the community at large, is that animal shelters are funded by taxpayer dollars and adoption fees. However, unless the shelter in question is run by, or has a deal with the municipality, most don't receive government funding.” ( ?????) This is why humane societies and animal shelters should receive government funding, they take care of the unwanted animals throughout the nation and deserve money to care for those animals. Therefore, we need to keep our shelters up and running and fund them so they can keep doing the good that they are, for the animals across

Throughout the U.S, “Approximately 3.2 million shelter animals are adopted each year (1.6 million dogs and 1.6 million cats). About 710,000 animals who enter shelters as strays are returned to their owners” ( ) Sadly though we hear that, “Each year, approximately 1.5 million shelter animals are euthanized (670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats)” () This is why we need more American citizens to adopt from shelters and organizations. Although many of the animals have been abused that doesn't mean they can never be trustworthy again. “ Duke was a fourteen-month-old stud colt that I found in a showbarn. He had been whipped, neglected, and isolated...Diane spent many months showing Duke affection and love.. Very important to demonstrate to him that not all humans were cruel and brutal” ( Steiger, 17) Duke’s story is very common because many people feel inferior to horses due to their size and strength so they try to scare the horse into doing things, when you want you and your horse's relationship more like a partnership. Many of the animals in shelters experience with humans is abusive so when you adopt it may take awhile to build that trust up, but once you do you’ll have a friend