Start a Chain Reaction Campaign
The SPCA is addressing three main issues facing dogs in our communities:
1. Chained Dogs - they are three times more likely to bite; they live their lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year on the end of ropes or chains. They become bored,lonely, and frustrated which leads to anger and aggression.
2. Backyard Breeders - these people breed dogs, regardless of their health and temperment. They want to make MONEY! These dogs are sold without contract to anyone who has the cash.
3. Penned dogs - many dogs, particularly hunting dogs such as beagles are living in inhumane living conditions without adequate food, water or shelter, and are kept in wire cages for long periods of time without exercise or veterinary care.
Education is an important part of the SPCA mandate. Through educating dog owners and encouraging legislative change (anti-tethering laws, regulation of breeders and humane treatment laws), we feel many problems associated with our canine friends will be solved.
We are encouraging supporters to sign our petition. Write letters to your munipalities and to local papers. Call radio talk shows, tell family and friends, and report cases of neglect to the SPCA.
Together we can make a difference!
Break the chain
I wish I could
I promise you that I'll be good
I don't know what I did wrong
But out here I know I don't belong
I have no water
My food's thrown on the ground
But I still get excited when you come around
I love a kind word or a pat on the head
But you yell at me and hit me instead
Because I jumped up and got you all muddy
I didn't mean to, I thought we were buddies
That's what you called me when I was a pup
But that was before I grew up
I shed in the house and I got too big
You put me outside and I started to dig
So you moved me down to the back of the yard
Then I got lonely and started to bark
Can't you hear my confusion and pain
I wish I could break this big chain
I howl and cry all day long
Waiting for someone to come along
Someone who'll love me
And take me away
To another place where I can stay
In the house where I should be
With someone who will really love me
But for now I just sit in the rain
Waiting for someone to break the chain
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