Animal Advocacy

 Dogfighting is a brutal activity. It is most often practiced with pitbulls, and pitbulls have a bad rap, so I'll start off with debunking most of it. "Pit bulls are the most abused, neglected, abandoned, tortured dogs in the world. Yet they forgive." -Tia, a dog rescuer in New Orleans.  They are sweet dogs, unless trained to be otherwise. Pit bulls are some of the sweetest dogs you could own. Sure, they can be huge, and slobbery, but they're just full of love.  Dogfighting: Dogfighting is a "sport" in which two dogs are trained to fight, and are put in a ring to fight each other for human "enjoyment". I am not sure how one enjoys this. During training, timid dogs are often used as bait. Like a poor dog named Cadence. She's a pit bull, and when she was rescued, she snuggled up to her rescuers and gave them puppy hugs. See what I mean about them forgiving us? Some people don't deserve the bundle of joy that is a dog.  I think that's it-a

 Poaching is a gigantic problem in many places around the world. I'm going to start with Africa and ivory, since I can't cover it all in one blog post. Let's get started. Ivory Ok, first off, ivory is made of keratin. Sound familiar? Well, that's because it's what your hair AND fingernails are made of. And turtle shells, bird beaks and talons, hooves, claws, pangolin scales, porcupine quills, all of that. And....horns and tusks. Why on earth are we killing rhinos and elephants for something that is the same chemical makeup as our hair and nails? Because of traditional medicine. I am NOT saying that tradition is bad, I am saying that it does in no way justify killing other animals for something that really doesn't work anyway. If you need a dietary supplement, just get it from the pharmacy. Please?  And, ivory sculptures and jewelry look the same as plaster, pretty much. And the plaster is WAY cheaper. Rhino ivory is now more expensive than diamonds or gold. That