Albert Einstein once said, “The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” All around the world, not enough animals are taken care of. Many animals suffer  abuse, neglect, and other worse things; we humans can not even imagine what they have faced. Luckily, this world isn’t 100% filled with abrogating, gloomy, evil people. Animal rescue shelters provide a safe environment to revive and restore the faith in these animals. By the help of angelic volunteers at animal rescue shelters, who are crucial to the cause. The most commonly abused animals are dogs, cats, and some livestock animals. Once someone owns a pet, they think they can do whatever they want with them. As we all know, owning pets means we must take in a huge responsibility, and we must treat our pets like our own child with infinite love and care. Worldwide, over 115-million animals face domestic violence annually. It’s either by the abusive owners, lab testing animals for cosmetology, or other harmful experiments done on animals. We humans must try to adopt these animals and welcome them into our homes; they deserve love.

Animals are important to our lives because some of them, such as service dogs, are trained to help physically or mentally disabled people in many ways. Animals can provide us happiness when we are alone, they can help us chase down burglars and protect our families in the middle of the night. In some countries, animals, such as an ox, help farmers graze rice farms for industries. We humans use sheep wool to be made into clothes to keep warm for the freezing winters. We must not look at animals as something on the bottom of our lists because without them, it would be much more difficult to survive. We depend on them, and some of them depend on us. “Greatness of the nation and its moral progress can be judged by the ways its animals are treated,” to quote Gandhi. That is a perfect quote as how a person is treated in a nation may be represented through that nation’s animals: if animals are not treated well in a nation then imagine how the humans are treated. 

Organizations such as the Animal Aid Unlimited, Sochi Dogs, Humane Societal International, Best Friends Save Them All, Pet Haven of Minnesota, BARC Shelter, and over 5,000 more shelters around the world are created to rescue these animals. Annually, around 3.2 million animals are adopted from the shelters every year. Many people agree that adopting animals from shelters is better than buying them, since the animals from shelters have faced abuse by harsh people or environments. Those who will adopt them would learn about what these animals have faced, and learn about their different and harsh background types. When people adopt these animals, that means they are saving lives and reducing the overpopulation of these pets, plus it’s relatively cheaper than buying them. 

Over 500,000 animals get rescued every year by rescuers who are professionally trained and underwent four years of education for their specific job. These compassionate workers would travel miles to save hundreds to thousands of animals in various countries, depending on their type of organization. We people can also cooperate and help adopt these animals. If we do not adopt these animals, these shelters would be overpopulated, and there will be a decrease in the ability to provide for the extra devastating animals’ souls out there. While the kind rescuers help to catch and investigate these animals to bring them back to the shelters, we too should also help adopt and help spread the awareness to every family or person you know who loves animals. 

To the people who love animals from the top of their hearts, it is a spectacular idea to adopt an animal from these shelters. For those who love animals but cannot afford to adopt them, it is okay, you can still donate a buck or two to animal charity organizations; it is your kindness that counts.  And to the people who hate animals for a reason or no reason at all, you need to rethink everything about how animals affect us in millions of positive ways. Who knows, they may protect you from a disaster or theft, so please treat all animals with respect because they are living organisms, they deserve the same respect as all others.