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    The document discusses 15 issues related to animal welfare including overpopulation, adoption, spaying/neutering, puppy mills, animal cruelty, veterinary care, obesity, outdoor cats, declawing, secondhand smoke, household fires, pet theft, dogfighting, dog meat, and the Iditarod sled dog race.

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    The document discusses 15 issues related to animal welfare including overpopulation, adoption, spaying/neutering, puppy mills, animal cruelty, veterinary care, obesity, outdoor cats, declawing, secondhand smoke, household fires, pet theft, dogfighting, dog meat, and the Iditarod sled dog race.

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    The document discusses 15 issues related to animal welfare including overpopulation, adoption, spaying/neutering, puppy mills, animal cruelty, veterinary care, obesity, outdoor cats, declawing, secondhand smoke, household fires, pet theft, dogfighting, dog meat, and the Iditarod sled dog race.

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    The document discusses 15 issues related to animal welfare including overpopulation, adoption, spaying/neutering, puppy mills, animal cruelty, veterinary care, obesity, outdoor cats, declawing, secondhand smoke, household fires, pet theft, dogfighting, dog meat, and the Iditarod sled dog race.

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    1. Overpopulation
    Millions of cats and dogs continue to be euthanized every year because there are no homes
    for them.
    2. Companion Animal Adoption
    There are many good reasons for adopting rather purchasing pets from stores that obtain
    animals from mills — chief among them is the fact that you’ll be helping to reduce the
    number of homeless animals rather than creating an incentive for more animals to be bred.
    3. Spaying and Neutering
    Spaying and neutering provide both medical and behavioral benefits and help to reduce
    animal homelessness.
    4. Puppy Mills
    Dogs in many puppy mills are kept in deplorable conditions.
    5. Animal Cruelty
    Animal cruelty can take the form of deliberate abuse or a failure to provide proper care. The
    victim can suffer terribly either way.
    6. Veterinary Care
    Pets require proper medical care to be healthy.
    7. Companion Animal Obesity
    A majority of pets in some countries are significantly overweight.
    8. Outdoor Cats
    Pet cats allowed to go outdoors face many hazards to which the animals otherwise would not
    be exposed. Among the threats are predators, disease, moving vehicles, parasites and poison.
    9. Declawing
    Declawing is not some sort of specialized manicure that only a veterinarian can do — it is
    painful and often debilitating amputation of the toe bones that contain the claws.
    10. Secondhand Smoke
    Secondhand smoke is even more dangerous to pets than it is to people.
    11. Household Fires
    Household fires continue to cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of pets in the United
    States each year.
    12. Pet Theft
    Pet theft often is committed by dogfighters seeking animals to use in contests, for breeding or
    as training bait.
    13. Dogfighting
    The “sport” remains widespread even where it is illegal.
    14. Dog Meat
    People in much of the world view dogs as companions or protectors but in some parts of Asia
    dogs continue to suffer terribly as victims of the trade in dog meat for human consumption.
    15. Iditarod
    The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual event that is run through some of the most
    remote areas in Alaska between Anchorage and Nome. Competitors and their dog teams
    often encounter blizzards, gale-force winds and freezing temperatures.

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