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Animal Abuse Animals are abused everyday. They are beaten, starved, overloaded, hoarded, neglected, wounded, burned, caged, tormented and abandoned. People everyday see these things happening, yet they do nothing. They sit back and let animals suffer. I believe that animals where placed on this Earth for more reason than to be abused without reason. Dogs in Puppy Mills are locked in cages that are too small for there bodies and are forced to breed. Animals in the circus are beaten, whipped, and spiked to install fear. Animals are tested on Human medicine severely harming or killing them. These poor defenseless creatures don’t have a voice. Animals are tested with harsh chemicals and medicines. They are tested with poisons and radiation for the military. We need to speak for them. The conditions of these animals are not always kept behind closed doors. People see things that could save animal’s lives but they either don’t know how to help or are to afraid. There is no national reporting system for animal abuse. If there was one, just think about all the animal lives it might save. Animal Abuse should not be kept secret. If we could make the world more aware of what’s going on, then we have accomplished something. The world should know what’s happening to the animals that we all love. I also think that if you aren’t able or aren’t willing to take care of your dog then you should give it to a shelter or someone who will properly take care of it. If you saw a young, starved child on the streets, you wouldn’t simply keep walking. You would stop and help them someway. But hardly anyone stops and helps a starving animal. If we can make America more aware of what’s going on then we have accomplished something. If we stay silent then we might as well be giving the abusers permission to abuse. Because turning a blind eye helps nothing and no one ( "Facts about Animal Cruelty." //Animal Cruelty Facts//. Web. 22 Mar. 2012. ).