Animal cruelty is common everywhere, even in places where it’s prohibited.  Although there may be laws on animal cruelty, its not highly implemented. Thus every year, there are several animals, including pets like cats and dogs, and wild animals, that are maltreated.

Animal cruelty can come in various forms.  You could have observed someone physically hurting an animal.  Animal cruelty can also be in the form of malnutrition when animal owners don’t feed their pets properly.  Generally, what causes injury and suffering to an animal can be considered animal cruelty.

One way of fighting animal abuse is to report it as soon as it is spotted.  Here are some things you can do to prevent animal cruelty.

Be Aware

Keep your eyes and ears open.  Your local humane society or animal shelter wouldn’t know several instances of animal abuse without those concerned citizens who report cruelty in their neighborhood through phone calls.  So, do your part and be on the look out for animals in your own neighborhood.   This could be a possible indicator of neglect or abuse.

Learn to Distinguish Animal Cruelty

Signs and Symptoms – There are signs and symptoms observed in most abused animals.  Watch out for wounds on the body, patches of missing hair, extremely thin and starving animals, limping and tick or flea infestations.  An owner who is physically abusing an animal is abusive.  Dogs left chained in the yard and without access to food and water is a neglectful act.  Animals hit by a car and not taken to a veterinarian is also a neglectful act.  These are all forms of animal cruelty.

Report Animal Cruelty

Know who to call when reporting animal cruelty.  There are some states that have Humane Law Enforcement officers who can investigate and arrest perpetrators of animal cruelty.  In some towns, you may have to call the police department or local animal control.  Know who to call.  Also, when reporting an incident, make sure that you provide as much information possible.  The details will mean a lot to the investigating officer.  Try writing down the type of cruelty you witnessed, who was involved, the date of the incident, and where it happened.

Do Some Proactive Steps to Fight Animal Cruelty

Animal cruelty is a crime.  Write or call your local law enforcement departments and tell them that investigating animal cruelty should be a main concern.  Fight for the passage of strong anti-cruelty laws on federal, state or local levels.  Have signature petitions. Write letters to legislators.  Stronger laws mean tougher penalties, and punishment for animal cruelty should be harsher! Support your local animal rescue organization or local shelter.  Volunteer at animal shelters and rescue groups in your area.

Lastly, set a good example for others.  You can prevent animal cruelty and it starts within you.  If you are a pet owner, make sure that you always show your pets the love and care that they ought to have.  Always provide food, fresh water, shelter and medical treatment if your pet is sick.  Have your animals spayed or neutered.  Be a responsible pet owner.  And to top it off, a lot of hugs and kisses won’t hurt!

In schools are various different types of learning materials that can really help pupils to learn different concepts and boost their understanding of subjects such as English and mathematics. One type of learning tool that is incredibly popular are graphic organizer PDF files which can be easily printed out and distributed to the pupils in the class as many times as necessary. As a graphic organizer PDF file is straightforward to access and print that a teacher can print out as many of the graphic organizer PDF’s as they need even when a class is in session.

There are different types of graphic organizer PDF packs that schools can use and they can vary from graphic organizer PDF’s that can be used for very young children all the way up to teenagers. Some students that are revising for exams may even find that using a graphic organizer PDF can really help them to put their notes from class into some kind of easy to access order which can be used to revise from. In some schools these are used to help pupils to create timetables from which they can see which lesson is scheduled for when and where their free periods and break times occur.

Studies have shown that using visual aids for learning such as a graphic organizer PDF can play a very beneficial part in the education of children of all ages. Even children who have mild-to-moderate learning difficulties can use a graphic organizer PDF to assist them with their learning on a daily basis. One of the aspects of these organizers that makes them so user-friendly is that they are uncomplicated and are so straightforward to use. They can even be used in art classes where the graphic organizer PDF forms the outside of a shape such as a coat of arms, a building, various different animals, different vehicles and so on. Many teachers use these to help pupils learn about virtually any topic within the school as they are so versatile . Pupils can then either draw inside the shapes of colour their main when they are in class, some teachers will even give printouts for people to take home so that they can continue using a graphic organizer at home.

As graphic organizer PDF files can easily be stored on a desktop or laptop computer they are always available to be printed out. In addition to this such files do not take up very much space on the memory of a computer, so thousands of them can be stored quite easily without any need for extra memory. Any teacher or childminder who is looking for a fun and easy way to help the children in their care to learn and enjoy themselves at the same time should think about using graphic organizer PDF files. They can be easily obtained online and once you have your graphic organizer PDF files they can be used time and time again, just by printing them out onto plain white paper.

In schools are various different types of learning materials that can really help pupils to learn different concepts and boost their understanding of subjects such as English and mathematics. One type of learning tool that is incredibly popular are graphic organizer PDF files which can be easily printed out and distributed to the pupils in the class as many times as necessary. As a graphic organizer PDF file is straightforward to access and print that a teacher can print out as many of the graphic organizer PDF’s as they need even when a class is in session.

 

There are different types of graphic organizer PDF packs that schools can use and they can vary from graphic organizer PDF’s that can be used for very young children all the way up to teenagers. Some students that are revising for exams may even find that using a graphic organizer PDF can really help them to put their notes from class into some kind of easy to access order which can be used to revise from. In some schools these are used to help pupils to create timetables from which they can see which lesson is scheduled for when and where their free periods and break times occur.

Studies have shown that using visual aids for learning such as a graphic organizer PDF can play a very beneficial part in the education of children of all ages. Even children who have mild-to-moderate learning difficulties can use a graphic organizer PDF to assist them with their learning on a daily basis. One of the aspects of these organizers that makes them so user-friendly is that they are uncomplicated and are so straightforward to use. They can even be used in art classes where the graphic organizer PDF forms the outside of a shape such as a coat of arms, a building, various different animals, different vehicles and so on. Many teachers use these to help pupils learn about virtually any topic within the school as they are so versatile . Pupils can then either draw inside the shapes of colour their main when they are in class, some teachers will even give printouts for people to take home so that they can continue using a graphic organizer at home.

As graphic organizer PDF files can easily be stored on a desktop or laptop computer they are always available to be printed out. In addition to this such files do not take up very much space on the memory of a computer, so thousands of them can be stored quite easily without any need for extra memory. Any teacher or childminder who is looking for a fun and easy way to help the children in their care to learn and enjoy themselves at the same time should think about using graphic organizer PDF files. They can be easily obtained online and once you have your graphic organizer PDF files they can be used time and time again, just by printing them out onto plain white paper.

 

Internet marketing and advertising is getting more dynamic, and the tried and true offline model of multimedia marketing is making deep inroads into the Internet – the information superhighway is now even more high tech and interactive.

Articles and other text methods are great for advertising your products and services on the Internet and they allow us to share a certain level of our creativity with people who are always happy to read. However, such formats as the Podcast, Audio E-mail and Video are already sweeping over the Internet marketing world, and has the advantage of capturing our attention through high quality sound and images.

Video has always been a powerful marketing device because we are predominantly visual creatures, and a picture is worth 1000 words. There is no doubt that in this high paced world in which we live, we are becoming even more visually oriented and open to new formats and technologies. The current marketplace allows for videos to be made and uploaded cheaply and posted for free at places like Video Jug as well as the heavily trafficked YouTube. If videos are served on these

third party websites, anyone can embed a bit of code and show them on their own website for free.

This is why it is now so simple to give your visitors what they want to see, as well as pleasing your advertisers with offering them formats they can use to be creative and to get an ideal message across.

Then, we move onto Podcasts, which are perfect for people who never sit still but want to gather information. The always-on-the-run person and the multitasker love podcasts, and they can be made to be very dynamic. And, again, they are el cheapo to produce and can be an excellent way of “going viral”, just like a well-tagged YouTube video can be. Podcasts can be used similarly to videos as well. Some market research professionals have estimated that by 2012 there will be 65 million people who listen to podcasts, up from the current approximately 20 million.

If you have a blog or website that receives a high amount of traffic, one way you can make a lot of advertising revenues is through the direct sale of sponsorships. This is where you sell an advertiser the right to have specific posts made that directly pertain to his product, thereby making it easier for him to target that market. Traditionally, the sponsored content appears as a sentence with a hoplink, either before or after the post. Do make sure that you make it clear that this is a sponsored section though. There is a lot in the press about certain search engines penalizing website owners for adding paid links to their sites, for the sole purpose of the payers improving their link popularity. If you do sell anchor text links on your pages for a fee, just make sure that you highlight that area as a sponsored section. You don’t want Google knocking down your page rank as a result.

So, with audio and the visual advertising formats rising on the Internet, why not sell podcast and video sponsorships? Since these media are more dynamic and on the rise, you can charge higher rates than for a text-and-picture post, and your advertiser enjoys the benefits of the multimedia marketing approach.

One thing to keep in mind: if you sell podcast or video sponsorships to make Internet advertising revenues, you’ll want to be sure the advertiser sells a product or service that ties in with the usual content of your site. It would be glaring and garish for, say, a video about women’s lingerie to appear on a site about Christian theology.

I would like to challenge you as an animal lover to visit your local pound and spend a good portion of your day there . As you visit with the animals it will dawn on you that many of societies cast offs will not see another tomorrow. They will not feel the touch of their special owner when they need comfort. They will not be able to chase their favorite tennis ball in the big front yard or wait anxiously for their master to toss it for them. They will not be able to greet their favorite loved one at the door after a long day at work. They will not live to see another day… that is the plain hard truth that many of us choose to ignore.

At some point during your visit you will be overwhelmed as you look into the pleading eyes of the doomed animals. You will feel helpless as yearning hearts look at you begging to be your new best friend. You will be filled with sorrow for all the neglected unwanted animals that I promise you. Your heart will break for the litter of puppies barely old enough to eat , their only crime was being born. Your soul will ache for the little kitten who was thrown out by the curb because her owner could not give her away. Your soul will scream out for the old crippled dog who’s only infraction was that he was just getting too old. The endless reasons an animal ends up at the shelter goes on and on. The reasons to me are not justified . The responsibility lies totally with the people.

We as humans can do better by our pets and the animals of the world. All it takes is time and education of the public. The first and most important step is to educate the public about spaying and neutering of our animals. I have heard so many excuses from people about why they can’t spay/neuter their animals and the most common one is “ I can not afford the surgery for my pet”. To me this one really bothers me and is often times without merit. If a person can not afford to pay for a one time procedure that is so important why do they even own a pet? If it is looked at it this way it all comes in to perspective. If a person can buy a pack of cigarettes per day for a month they can pay for spay/neuter. Cigarettes cost almost $3.00 per pack that is $21.00 per week which in turn equals $88.00 per month that is normally enough to neuter any male animal and spay a small female animal. If a person pays a cell phone bill every month that averages $100 per month then they could sacrifice a months service to take care of their animal. If a person goes out to eat once a week at a nice restaurant then they probably spend around $25.00 that totals out to $100.00 per month. Can you give up some of your luxuries to do the right thing by your pet? It’s only fair that you do. A person should be aware that one unspayed female can result in 50,000 to 350,000 offspring in only 5 years. A person should burn those numbers in their memory and think about them daily. Just consider all the suffering that will result when most of those animals die by being gassed at the pound.

Another step in spay/neuter education is spreading the word about low cost spay/neuter programs for those who really need help financially. You can get a list of low cost services in the US at the web site Love The Cat http://www.lovethatcat.com/spayneuter.html#states . You can also find options at the local Humane Society in your area. You can find a listing of Humane Societies on the web site Green People. Org at http://www.greenpeople.org/humanesociety.htm.

We can also help support services like the FREE animal placement services such as 4 The Luv Of A Critter at http://www-4-the-luv-of-a-critter.com. They offer assistance with placing an unwanted pet in another home. They list any animal no matter the location or type of animal on their website for free. In turn those looking for a specific type of animal can search the database for a listing in their area. The founder funds the website and all efforts herself with no expectations of being paid for her service. Her vision is to help make pet owners aware there is other options out there for their unwanted animals instead of dumping them off at the pound. The shelters are over crowded as it is and the truth of the fact is about 85% of all animals sent to the pound do not make it out alive. They leave on the back of a truck to be dumped at the local landfill.

We can help raise awareness of animal care,rescue & over population by creating an on line presence. The more information that is out there the better. People should not under estimate the power of the Internet to get a message to a broad array of audiences. So if you do rescue work I would suggest that you have some one to design a website or do it yourself. With most rescues being on a limited budget you could employ services such as the one Techbydesign offers at http://www.techbydesign.org. They offer discounts to animal rescues as well as low affordable prices. They sell & donate design services and also offer webhosting options for those who want to build their own site. They even offer FREE hosting accounts in some instances. The staff at Techbydesign are always willing to help tutor anyone who may need help with any aspect of designing a website. A person should realize that creating an online presence is not that expensive. It could go a long was toward getting the word out about your animal cause.

We as humans owe the animals of the world respect and compassion. Together we as animal lovers can unite together and make a better life for all the animals of the world. We can commit to educating the public on ways to help prevent over population. We can educate people on ways to re home unwanted animals other than sending them to the pound. Last but not least we should never turn a blind eye to an animal in need !

Animals are the reason I live and breathe…without them in my life I would just as soon be dead! ~ ~ quote Betty Sue Haynes