Author: Nataijah Parris

Passion

Volume 1, Issue 1

June 9,2015

My Passion
My passion is Animal Care. I want to purse this goal when I grow up. Animal care is more than a mere interest for me because it will always be my life-long goal. I desperately want to change the world, This sounds far-fetched because our society is so caught up in expectations. I want to beat the odds and change the world and how people think .Others think that to change the world you have to be famous or the president but you don’t it could be me or you who changes the world for better or worse.
Yes of course the small things matter to but I don’t want small I want to dream big so I want to make a big difference a catastrophic change one that everyone will see. People would need to know why my passion is important and would need to know why its necessary. Some aspects of my passion that would be important to share is that even with it including animals I can still make a big difference.

Passion

Volume 1, Issue 1

June 9,2015

The Hard Truth
whether we like to admit or not there are people in this world who abuse and neglect animals and when and if they do they are five times likely to cause harm to a humans and as horrible as it sounds its true. Nearly half of the victims who stay in violent households do so because they are afraid for their animals. Many victims hope the violence will end or believe they can protect animals in the home. The truth is that a person who harms humans will almost certainly harm animals.
Domestic violence comes in many forms: physical, emotional and threats . Killing, harming, or threatening are weapons used by abusers to manipulate victims into silence and to destroy the comfort and companionship that animals provide. Unfortunately domestic violence cases against animals are reported frequently.

Passion

Volume 1, Issue 1

June 9,2015

Facts and Aspects
Animal Neglect is a serious issue that happens every day. Animal Neglect is the failure to provide basic care required for an animal to thrive. At first glance cases of animal neglect may seem less shocking than a single brutal act of violent abuse, but severe neglect may mean extended periods of extreme suffering resulting in permanent injury or death. A single large –scale neglect case can affect hundreds of animals prior to cases of hoarding, puppy mills and farm neglect.
One particular case I came across I felt compelled to share. Three north Carolina residents severely neglected eight horses which they starved-in one case literally to death. The residents also deprived them of all veterinary care. ALDF (animal legal defense fund) and the united states equine rescue league and a county animal cruelty investigator are suing them and will be fighting for permeant custody of the horses.

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June 9,2015

Laws:

Honoring animal Victims:
Concerned citizens and legislators across the nation have ensured the deaths of abused and neglected animals have not been in vein.
Case against Navy Sonar Testing:
The case against the U.S Navy’s deadly sonar testing activities which caused sustaining harm to marine mammals.
Animal fighting study: Michael Vick:
Animal fighting has been brought to the forefront of the nations attention by highly publicized conviction of Michael Vick and three of his associates on federal and state charges related to illegal dogfighting.

Passion

Special points of interest:
Passion-strong and barely controllable emotion
Dream-contemplate the possibility of doing something or that something might be the case.

Volume 1, Issue 1

June 9,2015

Passion. In the dictionary it means a Strong, and barely controllable emotion for me this is why I long for Animal Care because for me it’s a strong and barely controllable emotion. I also looked up the word dream in the case of futuristic goals and it means: to contemplate the possibility of something that might happen, that’s why animal care for me is not a dream because its not a possibility, its not a might or might not I strongly believe it can and will happen.
A quote I once heard goes like this and its by Eric Thomas When you want to succeed (in your passion) as bad as u want to breathe then you’ll be successful. I’m not sure if any of you have asthma, but when you’ve had an asthma attack and your out breathe and wheezing and the only thing you want to do is get air you don’t care about anything else going on around you, not how many followers you have on the gram or who’s watched your Snapchat story nor what your going to wear tomorrow. The only thing you really care about when your trying to breathe is fresh air and when you get to the point to where all you want in life is to be successful as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful in whatever passion you want to pursue.
To pursue your passion you have to be fixated on your goals because nothing worth having ever comes easy. There will always be obstacles, obstacles are these frightful things you see once you take your eyes off of your goal.-Henry Ford . One more thing you are the only thing in your way, if you want to pursue something and keep making excuses you cant expect results, make sure your pursuing something that you love with passion.