Looking at all of the many stories of animals being treated cruelly makes my heart ache as much as falling down the stairs and twisting my ankle. Animals deserve a good life considering how much they do for us. Never should they be starved or raised in cages as big as a twin sized bed. Animals are important to me because I have always grown up with them. I got my very first pet when I was only six or seven years old. It was a Betta fish. I loved it with all my heart. To this day I have gotten seven more pets. And that fish that meant the world to me, it is still alive and I am 11 years old. Many things cause animal extinction.There are so many things people could do to help but those things are just not happening. I think animals are way too important to let them go extinct and I want to help. 

Ever since I was little I’ve always had a strong interest in saving animals. Not just some animals, ALL animals. Saving animals could make our lives more enjoyable and it could also make future populations lives much more enjoyable too. Saving animals could do so much for humans and animals but it will have to be a team effort if we want to really help. It can start with one person and by the end we will have a whole group trying to save animals. Most people think trying super hard to save animals is too much work but I do my best to do it every day so really, how hard can it be? Not that hard is the answer. Some things you can do to help are not littering or donating to the SPCA. It’s just dedication. Every time I think about how I can save animals, I take that action and feel great. Sometimes I wont see a fast result but I still know I’m helping them. If more people could start doing this I think it would help animals lots. Once I gave a “speech” to my parents and brother about how to save animals and what helps. I did my best to help them understand that animals can’t save themselves and that they need our help. I’m pretty sure it worked because soon after that I would constantly remind them to think about how things they did everyday would impact the lives of many animals. 

There are numerous ways you can have a better understanding of animals and the danger they are in. Doing research on this could teach people a lot and what we need to do to help .When I was little, or still sometimes now when I have time, I will read books with a bunch of facts on how you can save animals and things we do everyday that hurt them and we don’t realize it. If you want to educate yourself on these topics then reading a book on them is a good idea to learn and get inspiration. I also liked looking at all the pictures of them I had never seen before. From a young age my parents taught me not to litter. Later I learned that that does not only help the environment but not littering also helps save the lives of many animals and make others lives much more pleasant. Also, as soon as I learned that people were killing animals and using their fur to make fur coats. I immediately felt so many different feelings. I felt shocked, and most of all, I felt bad for the animals. Soon this became illegal but I still don’t know if it’s all stopped.  

I have always had this thought in my head that if no one was gonna take charge and save animals, they would soon end up like dinosaurs. Extinct. This has been my fear since day one. Now that I am several years older, my fear is becoming reality. There are many animal activists but just not enough to make a big impact. Jane Goodall is one of the many people who speak up for what’s right and what she knew, would help animals and humans. She protested against animal cruelty  and stood her ground but unfortunately, saving more than 2 billion animals is a team effort. She was an expert on chimpanzees and figured out so much about them. She completely changed our understanding of our closest relative in the animal kingdom. Animals are being treated poorly in farms where products (meat) are produced. I think one reason this happens is because they care more about income and not the animals well being. There are so many stories of people doing unthinkable things to animals and sometimes those bad things result in death or even extinction if it happens constantly. By not doing this you could save the lives of many animals. Many people like hunting but some people just kill animals for no reason. This will most likely affect our food chain because there will be no meat. Becoming vegetarian or vegan is a good idea if you want to help but there are many other things you can do as well. 

Animals are gone every day because of countless reasons and people are just not noticing. If we don’t have animals all of our lives will be affected. As said earlier in this essay if animals all go extinct we will all be forced to become vegetarians and it will affect our food chain greatly in other ways as well. Also don’t we just overall want animals to have good lives? A major thing we will lose if this happens is milk. Milk is used in many products so the workers would have to find an alternative which could actually be quite difficult for them. We would also have no cotton from sheep to make soft clothes. As you can see animal extinction is just gonna get worse if no one helps solve it. My goal is to make it so more people know about animal extinction and how to help save more animals.