A common misconception is that animals, because
they cannot speak or do complex mathematics, do not have the ability to feel,
the ability to suffer. Animals suffer pain the same way that humans do (don't
forget that we are animals too!).
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Animal Testing
Every day, thousands of animals around the word are being abused and tested on for your makeup, your
shampoo, even some of your food. Thousands of companies around the word still use animals for testing
even though hundreds of renowned scientists had declared animal testing as ineffective. Today, the best
testing techniques include human cells, often known as the in vitro technique. This technique is not only
safer for animals, it is also often faster and less expensive.
A puppy mill is where multiple dogs are kept for their entire lives in order to breed repeatedly. Often these dogs are
kept in horrible and cramped conditions. Female dogs often are forced to start breeding at
around 11 months old. These puppies are often sold to puppy stores around the
country where the dogs continue to be kept in unfair conditions until they are purchased.
Poachers around the world are constantly hunting and killing animals for their
'valuable resources', such as ivory or pelts. Animals such as rhinos, lions,
and elephants are at perpetual risk, and because of this these animals are
severely endangered. The number of these animals has been drastically decreasing
because of not only poachers, but also game hunters who hunt these animals for
sport. Around 30,000 animals are driven to extinction every year.
My name is Leila Troxell and I love animals. As a little girl I was obsessed with every type of pet, from rabbits to
hamsters to dogs to cats to birds. I wanted every animal as a pet, especially a lion (even though it probably would've
eaten me). As I got older, at every opportunity I would research animals around the world, their habits, living conditions,
and diets. In this research I found more and more horrifying facts about the mistreatment and abuse of every type of
animal in every continent. This created a desire in me to help these animals that I have been obsessed with for so long.
This website is an attempt to infuse that same fire in everyone else.