“HUMAN ONLY” Places??
by Wesley
Before you turn away from this whole thing, think about this: Pets can lose brain mass if they are neglected repeatedly for long periods. A smart border collie could become a lazy, food-craving slob. Who would want that to happen to their pet? I believe that being able to bring pets to public places can fix this “Bestial boredom”, and many other problems.
First of all, if people were allowed to bring pets in public places, people with service animals would not have to confirm that their pet is a service animal. Service animals are animals that provide help for people with disabilities. Service Animal laws state that they are allowed to go in public. Proving that your service animal is actually a service animal is a common inconvenience that annoys people strongly, because they have to take out papers or bring up documents on their devices. If pets were allowed to go to more places, people would not have to be inconvenienced.
Secondly, it is risky to leave pets outside. There have been cases of people dressing up as animal control officers in order to steal pets from yards and parks. Over 2 million pets have been stolen in only ONE year. “Animals who are consistently and obviously left unmonitored are of course more vulnerable to pet theft (and other abuses), but all unattended animals are potentially at risk.”* Due to these thieves, people cannot leave pets outside for to long unsupervised. Pets can also escape from poles or houses they were left at, and then it will be extremely hard to find them if they don’t have a microchip implant. If pets were allowed to go to more places, we could bring them on errands, so they won’t be left alone tied to a pole or in a back or front yard of a house.
A third reason is that pets can give people something in common, so people would expand their social circle. If you don’t know about fractions and numbers in the hundred-millions yet, just skip this. If you do, get this. There are about 325 million people in the USA right now, and about 144 million of those people own some sort of pet. So, 144 million/325 million people have a chance to make friends because of their pet. A while ago, my nextdoor neighbor had just moved to town, so we didn’t know her all that well. One day while she was walking her dog, my dog ran out and sniffed the other one’s rear (I always thought that was strange), and me and my sister went out to get our dog, We started talking to her, and then we were friends! If pets were allowed to go to more places, people could make more friends.
Some people say that pets in restaurants are bad, because they can get in the food and give you worms. But to tell you the truth, they aren’t likely to give you worms in your food because they do not sit in the places were the food is made, only where it is eaten. So, that decreases the chances dramattically.
Pets make people happy. Maybe not all, but they make tons of people happy. Little kids (and pets!) get sad to see eachother go. Bringing pets places makes both species happier. Also, there will be a lot less house clean-up after more than 8 hour trips. I’ve had this happen. Whenever I’m writing, I can look down and see the year-old reminder on (and in) the carpet.
*http://aldf.org/resources/advocating-for-animals/pet-theft/
Sources
www.aafa.org/page/pet-dog-cat-allergies.aspx
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/pets-allowed
aldf.org/resources/advocating-for-animals/pet-theft
www.independant.co.uk
