I'm doing a argumentive essay on pet overpopulation and i need to know the other side of the argument since im doing the reason why pet overpopulation is bad.
2007-07-19 12:27:01 · 4 answers · asked by bxmoreno718 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Wow...you picked a hard one because it IS a problem as you know. One tip I can give you as the opposing, all animals have a short life span. Especially in the wild, so animals are really not intended to be LONG term pets. You could also point out with spaying and neutering programs have caused a decline of new pets and has helped controlled overpopulation.
2007-07-19 12:42:04 · answer #1 · answered by shortcake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right now I'm having an overpopulation problem with my chinchilla herd.
This past week I had six babies, four from one and two from another.
All survived and are healthy.
In years past, I usually had some die off on me.
Must be the feed is extra good nowadays...heck, they charge a lot for it.
I used to get $120.00 per baby chinchilla, now I'm lucky to get $35.00
Reason being, the many different kinds of chinchillas around in captivity today makes it difficult to sell them.
Other animals, such as cats, multiply so much and people don't have the space, time or budget for raising them, so many have to be euthanized.
People can't randomly breed their pets anymore. The market for pets is saturated, and many today are skeptical as to the health of animals they intend to buy for their pets.
Yet, there is a demand for rare pets, or sometimes called exotic pets. Certain birds, reptiles, snakes or even zoo animals are sought by people who want to flaunt their wealth.
In sum, it seems ordinary pets do create a problem of overpopulation, whereas exotic pets will always see big demand, and big prices.
2007-07-19 12:39:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's be awful hard to argue that it's NOT a problem because it clearly is. Every country has excess pets, places that can't adopt animals out to people because they have more than the demand calls for.
I can't see how you could base an argument against it....that's a toughie.
2007-07-19 12:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well... people say not to breed animals, like they all live. but pets die all the time. I think this is you side of the argument, I'm not quite understanding the question! lol!
2007-07-19 12:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋