“Life is the greatest gift of life. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own, because it is yours. In the scale of life's values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who possesses it than the largest” (Biggle). Life matters, no matter who or what they are, animals deserve a life just as humans do. Therefore, no animal should be afraid of not being adopted or not having the possibility of being euthanized. Although it is known that animals are capable of living alone for a minimum of two weeks, no animal should fight for the right to survival. As human beings, they have the right to freedom, so they should too. Having a large number of people donating to animal welfare nonprofits will be beneficial to abandoned animals and adoption rates will increase. Before animal welfare and/or shelters were known, all animals weighed £. Kilos are places where stray and unwanted animals are abandoned. An animal at the shelter is given only seventy-two hours to be collected and recovered from its rightful owners. If they are not collected after seventy-two hours, the animals are available for adoption and run the risk of not leaving the shelter alive. Once the animals are available for adoption, they are held for the public to come see them and have the opportunity to take them home. Animals have, at a minimum, a week to live unless they are adopted, or if it is said that they will be adopted. They will try to hold onto the animals as long as possible to allow for adoption, but it all depends on the health of the animal, how much interest is shown in that particular animal, and whether they have adequate space for the animals. A different type of adoption is when a person wants to... middle of paper... be properly taught the dos and don'ts of how to raise and care for him properly, then the unwanted number should be reduced substantially because no there are surprises. Having a pet is not an easy task. It requires time, money and patience. Donations to animal welfare organizations will help increase the average number of animals saved each month. Even if you don't see many animals abandoned on the side of the road it doesn't mean they aren't there. Some may still be chained in a courtyard without food or water. Rumors are circulating about a mother and her children abandoned in a sewer pipe. As bad as it sounds, there have been reports of animals drowning or even being killed, so people don't have to take care of them. “The purity of a person's heart can be quickly gauged by the way he views animals.” This quote is from an unknown author. For the sake of a dog, love him!