Define the situation or problem, and explain how it affects your community.
ANIMAL OVERPOPULATION
- Lots of homeless animals in shelters
- Strays wondering the streets
- Overflowing into the community, threatening the residents
- People should start adopting from shelters instead of puppy mills
- Animals are being abused and neglected
- Numerous helpless animals being euthanized
Construct a circular-flow diagram that incorporates effects of problem on economic products and various sectors of the economy: How does this issue affect local residents, area businesses, our government, international trade, resources, goods and services, and finances?
- With more animals, there is more variety for families looking for a family pet
- Businesses need to be careful animals don't get into trash outside their buildings
- Governments spending more money on animal shelters, animal cops, and money to buy pentobarbital for euthanizations
- Businesses buy and sell stocks to make money
- Import chemicals to make pentobarbital
- Export pentobarbital to other countries to keep animal population under control
- Overpopulation creates more job opportunities which increases wages which allows for people to increase their savings
- Veterinarians are starting to spay and neuter more animals
- Money being borrowed to make pentobarbital and shelters for animals
Works Cited:
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/abuse_neglect/
http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/all_issues.html
http://www.idausa.org/facts/overpopulation.html
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