Topic: Too much attention is paid to and too much money is spent on keeping pets, while people throughout the world are starving.
Discuss the arguments for and against keeping pets.
To what extent do you agree?
Animals are such agreeable friends. Keeping pets reflects companionship and a caring environment. However, too much attention on pets is time ineffective and extravagant since starving people are waiting for this assistance and attention. Thus, special attention and money should be distributed to starving people not pets.
Companionship may be a practical reason for keeping pets. From a social standpoint, pets may play a large role in many lonely people’s lives. Nowadays more than ever lonely people are fond of keeping pets, because it helps to relieve boredom, loneliness and depression to some extent. A dog for example is considered man's best friend and a reliable housekeeper. Furthermore, keeping pets might build up habit of care for other living things. This may help creating the feeling of taking responsibilities for others. Therefore, pets are good companions to release stress.
In contrast, too much attention on pets is extravagant while it is considered very useful for hungers. For instance, most families in developed countries are spending money extravagantly on pet food and medical treatment. The money should be spent effectively to charity for millions of hungers in the world. In addition, keeping pets is time ineffective. Instead of spending much time on pets, individuals should involve in other social activities to help improving the country social issues. So, both attention and money should be spent for starving people.
In conclusion, people should pay special attention and funds to help reducing global starvation rather than pets.
By Moeung Sovannden
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