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Introduction:Â POVERTY: How would we be able to reduce the poverty rate in NYC?
I am interested in researching this question because it would give us a better understanding on how we would be able to gather more information on how to possibly drop the rate of poverty in the next decade. We need to be aware that this is a worldwide issue and a lot of people struggle when it comes to poverty. I expect to find good facts and helpful tips on how to reduce the poverty rate. I should be able to find valid resources such as personal experiences and how people go through poverty and also what people tried to do in order to help those people in need. I want to be able to find quotes and good videos explaining certain parts of the U.S living through poverty. I especially want to find out  If I find anything about that goes against my question, I would reference it in my writing to show how I disagree and make claims and points on how itâs not accurate.
Source #1: https://scaany.org/child-poverty/Â
Summary:Â The Schuyler center is an organization with people who work for the government who want to improve any accountability and make it higher definition to health services such as dental, behavioral, physical, or even mental health. They are very determined to get what they need in order to succeed and help the community. They help try to improve any access to goods. They want to keep everyone aware of what is going on in society and want to let them know that it is a big thing in nyc. This article describes an organization that was formed to fight poverty. The author says that poverty has been around a long time and people havenât done much to fix it. They want to put their main focus on child poverty and focus on that.Â
Rhetorical Analysis: The purpose of this article is to teach people about poverty and help them understand that poverty is one of the biggest socials. They want people to know that the organization is there to help out and give people what they need in order to live. The organization wants to provide the people with resources such as shelter, education, food, water, and even finance/economic support. They are a credible organization because they have been around for such a long time and have helped people around them. They want people to also know that Poverty still goes on till this day and it keeps getting worse and one main reason is because of the jobs wage. From getting information about poverty is that it can take away a lot of things from so many people.
Key Quotes:Â
âNew York has for too long allowed hundreds of thousands of children endure the hardships of poverty â in times of recession, and in times of plenty. New Yorkâs child poverty rate has hovered just above and just below 20% for decades, with Black and Latino children significantly more likely to live in poverty than their white peers.â
âAs a result, many children who experience poverty face significant challengesâin the form of poor health, academic obstacles, lower earnings â for the rest of their lives. This has a detrimental impact on children, but also on the future viability of communities.â
Source #2: https://www.centreforpublicimpact.org/insights/start-spreading-news-nyc-reducing-poverty-inequalityÂ
Summary: In the article I am using which is on âcentre for public impact, with a âbcg foundation,the author is âMatt Klein.â His full name is Matthew David Klein. He is an American politician and is also a member of the Minnesota Senate and also a member of the DFL. He tries to help society out and make sure he can do everything in his power to do so. They are basically trying to find newer and better ways in order to try to achieve. He wants to help people get through it and hopefully reduce the poverty rate in nyc for once. He wants the NYC community to realize that they are not alone and he is going to do everything in his power to do what he has to do. He wants the people to know that there are teams and agencies willing to help the government lower the poverty rate by any means necessary.Â
Rhetorical Analysis: what the organization is trying to achieve here is They want everyone to be aware and be able to come together and speak up on it and help each other. Without coming together to help put a stop to it and speak up on it, then nothing would be done because no one will be heard if we donât. Even if itâs one person speaking up on it then it wouldnât matter because they donât care unless itâs multiple people speaking on it. He created this so that he can help others and create awareness so that people can live better and be able to survive and live a good and healthy life. The goal that they want is to help poverty and reduce the rate at a faster pace and to even try to put an end to it. Their audience is the people that go through the situations that they are trying to fix and not only that it is for the world to see and help out on it too. The purpose is to give people a better understanding of what poverty is and to help them through tough times. He also wants to help people get through it and hopefully reduce the poverty rate in nyc for once.Â
Key Quotes:Â
âPoverty, too, has remained in the spotlight. Here, we know that some improvements are underway: NYC Opportunity’s own 2017 annual report found that the city-wide poverty rate fell from 20.6% in 2014 to 19.9% in 2016. Progress, then, but much still to do – a point not lost on Klein.â
âFrom analysing existing anti-poverty approaches to developing new interventions and facilitating the sharing of data across city agencies, NYC Opportunity is seeking to help city government bring the poverty rate down further and faster.âÂ
Source #3: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/ending-poverty-pay-for-human-services-workers-a-new-york-city-story/Â
Summary: The author of this article is James A. Parrott. James was a Director of Economic and Fiscal Policies at the Center for New York City Affairs. He had a bunch of research projects that included the economic impact of the Covid-19 crisis in NYC , and of the low paid independent contract work in New York State. The audience is the people of New York and the people who are in poverty. He is only talking about nyc and how nyc has dealt with poverty and how they need to do better in order to overcome it. He talks about the reason why itâs happening. People are in need economically. The unemployment rate started to rise and the new jobs arenât worth it and are even worse than the jobs before. And people arenât making enough money after this happening. He wants the people to understand how poverty is happening and why. He wants us to know that NYC needs help and we need better jobs and better pay in order to live well.
Rhetorical Analysis:The author created this article to tell people that poverty is a big problem in society and that nobody doesnât really do anything even when they say they are. The government and the organizations that say that they are doing the best that they can to reduce the poverty rate and help any way that they can aren’t really doing anything to change poverty. Because changes are happening to fix poverty, the poverty rate just gets worse. This article is to show people that the multiple events that had taken place and the reasons to cause the way nyc is the way it is today isnât good. One event that took place was the pandemic that started in the middle of 2020. It caused people to lose their jobs and lose a lot of financial support that year. He wants to show people that there are always a cause to something and that it could be stopped. Poverty isnât something you should take lightly because it plays such a negative role in our life because we can lose so much. We all need to help others acknowledge the fact that poverty isnât going to be stopped unless we all come together and help ourselves and the ones around us.Â
Key Quotes:
âSigns of serious economic distress are multiplying, long-term unemployment is skyrocketing, many of the new jobs emerging are lower quality than the jobs that have been lost, and many of those returning to jobs are only working part-time.âÂ
 âAs housing affordability pressures intensified over the past 15 years, New York City substantially increased its contracting for homeless shelters and services.â
âTo address the glaring pay and benefit disparities between nonprofit human services workers and similar workers employed by the city, New York City should adopt a prevailing wage approach and establish a wage-and-benefit schedule for all contracted human services workers, putting city and nonprofit employees on an equal footing.â
Conclusion: All things considered, with Poverty being the significant lack of money or poorness that one cannot pay for basic necessities, such as food and shelter, clothing, education, and healthcare shows that Poverty has become a big issue in our world. It has been a thing for such a long time now, and it only gets worse. The amount of organizations that have been created to help and find different type solutions to help put an end to poverty has failed or at least didnât really make any change at all. Poverty is mostly occurring in developing countries. It can play a negative role in your life and can affect how you live negatively. âThe ambition to lift so many New Yorkers out of poverty is on track, helped in large part by projects like the City University of New Yorkâs Accelerated Study in Associate Programs) â an attempt to help more students complete their degrees by not only helping with the financial barriers but also offering guidance around coursework and peer support.â People want to help and bring light to the families and to let them know that they are going to get the help they need and to get out of that very dark place. You can end up with no home and lack of food and other resources which isnât a good way to live. Poverty isnât good for no one so what can people do to put a stop to it or help reduce the rate of poverty. The best thing to do is to complain to the government because in many eyes the only way to fix this worldwide issue is to let the give take care of it, which they arenât because they donât really care because they have all the money they need. There are many ways that we as a society can take steps to reduce the rate of poverty. You may ask what that is, but I am here to tell you the two important steps to do so. The first step would be to get better health and education sectors. To do so you have to supply better food and give better education to all. Especially the ones who need it most. And also Increasing the number of organizations that are working and fighting to help put an end to poverty and reduce the poverty rate. We have to make sure everyone stands together and understands why poverty is an issue and why itâs a negative thing to go through in life. We have to do so by educating people to take actions to any matter and to be organized while doing it. Having information on what you go through can be very helpful and can open your eyes up to a lot of situations. It will make you want to help others that go through the same thing that you go through. Overall, we have to put poverty to an end or it will get to a point where it canât be fixed or stopped.Â
Briana Urena
I’ve always been passionate about giving my hamster Mizuri, her best life. Researching, providing her necessities, using proper care, all that. I was aware that I had an exotic animal and I was determined to provide the best care for her. This led me into doing lots and lots of research, not only on hamsters but on other exotic animals as well. I’ve learned many things that I never knew before about rodents, reptiles, birds, and more. There was such fascinating information but the one thing that stuck out to me the most was the common issue of their mistreatment. I was in shock hearing about PETA discovering the true horrors of pet store chains and the horrible abuse they endure from neglectful homes. I felt helpless not being able to help these poor animals. Why are big companies like Petco, Petsmart, etc are still in business when they spread misinformation and provide the wrong care for pets? What could I do to stop this? Many individuals who own exotic pets attempt to change the nature of the animal rather than provide their pet’s necessities and do research. Tactics such as confinement in small, barren enclosures, chaining, beating âinto submission,â or even painful mutilations, such as declawing and tooth removal is sadly a common thing. PETA, an animal organization who exposes these acts discovered a shocking truth during an investigation in Petco. Birds, reptiles, fish, and other small animals were treated like merchandise. They spent hours and days in transit from cruel suppliers, including breeding and distribution mills, and many animals were wild-caught. These animals ended up trapped in small tanks, cramped cages and were often denied even the basic necessities of life. It’s estimated that 75% of captive reptiles die within the first year in a personâs home. But of course Petco still sells them to customers who buy them on impulse, with no knowledge of their unique needs for space, heat, humidity, lighting, and more. Have you ever gone to the pet store and seen those shelves with multiple fish in these tiny small bottles stacked on top of one another with no space and barely any water? The sad thing is, this it’s viewed as “normal” to some people. We need to inform people on the dangers of buying from these sick companies and educate them on the proper care of exotic animals. They are living/breathing creatures that deserve better.
PETA is the largest animal rights organization in the world and has more than 9 million members and supporters globally. PETA focuses its attention on the four areas in which the largest numbers of animals suffer the most intensely for the longest periods of time: in laboratories, in the food industry, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment business. PETA also works on a variety of other issues, including the cruel killing of rodents, birds, and other animals who are often considered âpestsâ as well as cruelty to domesticated animals (peta.org). While watching this video posted by PETA on the cruel mistreatment of exotic animals in Petco, you can tell how passionate they are to spread awareness and desperate to help these poor animals. Their authority for writing this to inform the public of the animal abuse in pet stores.
The primary audience PETA is trying to reach are animal lovers. But also pet owners, future pet owners, animal activists, parents, pet stores, and more. When animal lovers see these videos, they want to make a difference, change, and do anything to help. If PETA were ignoring something or someone, it would definitely be big pet store chains since these videos that expose these big pet brands can ruin these companies’ sales rate.
PETA speaks on these exotic animal cases because people need to know the suffering these poor animals go through on a daily basis and we need to help them anyway we can. This abuse has been going on for a long time and it’s time to change, support, and help. The purpose of doing this is to spread awareness and knowledge. Also to bring to light the secrets of these big pet store chains. PETA posts very educational videos to inform the public and educate us on this important matter. It shows us the harmful consequences of supporting big pet companies such as petco, pet smart, and animal mills.
This makes me wonder why big pet companies are still running? Why are they in denial of their animal abuse? Â
In the past, PETAÂ has investigated many big pet store chains such as Petco and Pet smart. They discovered a wide spread of animal suffering. During 2018, a PETA eyewitness worked undercover in a pet shop in Nashville Tennessee near the company’s headquarters and what they found was horrible and upsetting. To save money, pet smart employees repeatedly refused to take obviously sick, injured, dying animals for desperately needed veterinary care. A supervisor told PETA’s eyewitness not to tell customers that pet smart buys from Sun Pet; A warehouse that does unexplainable things to these poor animals. PETA discovered dead guinea pigs being left on the floors and cages, birds covered in feces, hamster’s suffering from âwet tailâ with deadly intestinal diseases and neglected and stressed animals put on the shelves to be sold. “PETA reported that they were taking the older and sick hamsters, putting them in bags and whacking them against the table to k*ll them” What kind of sick person would do this?! This is pure cruelty.
PETA’S YouTube videos are very educational and eye opening, They show actual cases on where animal cruelty is done and they’re not afraid to show animals being injured or dead. As I was watching their videos I couldn’t believe my ears on what was being said about these pet store chains. They played recordings on what pet store employees said, which were very upsetting and their videos made me want to help and take action in any way I can. I’m glad that this topic is not being swept under the rug and is being talked about. The video makes its point clear and is very informal. Once the video starts, they get straight to their point, which is that pet store chains abuse animals and if people didn’t know this before the video, now they do. After watching the investigation I’m definitely never ever buying from pet smart or Petco again. PETA does not sugar coat again and I appreciate that because people need to see the true horrors these animal’s face on a daily basis. Many injured animals were shown in the video and pet smart employees saying awful things about the animals. It’s just really sad and we need for this to stop.
Munchieâs Place on youtube has been saving exotic animals for years! She owns a very small animal rescue in Washington State. Munchie rescues hamsters, gerbils, and mice with her volunteer team from neglectful homes.They find ads from craigslist or people surrendering these exotic animals and give them temporary shelter until a permanent home is found. Sometimes these rodents need to be rescued because the care provided for them was terrible, disgusting, or both. Other times it could be medical. The video shown is about a Syrian hamster called Louie and her rescue story. She is really well behaved and is super cute. When Louie was brought into Munchieâs rescue, there were many red flags. The hamsterâs old enclosure was first of all vertical. Which meant very little floor space was provided. Hamsters need horizontal enclosures, 50 square inches of floor space is the recommended minimum. But of course more is always better. Glass tanks are the way to go and for starters, a bin cage. Louieâs enclosure barely had any bedding either or chewed toys. Bedding helps keep the ammonia smell down, regulates the area for the hamsterâs body temperature in the hot summer days and in the cold winter nights, and lets them burrow. Louieâs old enclosure came with no wheel as well! Hamsterâs travel five to ten miles a night so itâs important to get them a proper wheel. How was she able to get her energy out?! We learn that Louie is disabled because of improper breeding and has no tail?! Yep you read the right, she has no tail. Louieâs tail is completely gone when Munchie examines her. Not only that, it looks like it has been chopped off. Someone has chopped off her tail. We donât know who did it but the family that had Louie had lots of children. At Least 4 or five young kids. Itâs possible that one of the youngest kids took the hamster and cut off its tail. It was a very clean cut and very recent as if it was still healing. The person who did this, did it on purpose. Imagine the pain this poor hamster experienced. Children need to be taught to respect their pets but personally I donât think young children should even have small pets because of things like this. Children should never be kept alone with an animal and should never be responsible for a living being. Itâs the parents responsibility. Thankfully, Louie is in a better place now with the proper care and will get veterinary help soon. Sooner or later she will get adopted into a good home. I really appreciate what Munchie is doing because sheâs helping these exotic animals get a better life. This could have been avoided if the parents had done their research before impulsively buying a hamster. Pet store employees are also to blame since they let the family walk out of their store with no wheel, bedding, or chew toys knowing that they had a hamster. At least educate them before selling them the hamster. But of course they wonât because they only care about the money.Â
Louieâs rescue story video was made on February 14, 2022. Munchie makes these videos to inform and teach the public about exotic animals and their rescue stories. The audience is for future pet owners and pet owners in general. The author used imagery as she showed us the hamsterâs old neglectful enclosure and the scab on the hamsterâs tail. She was furious that this poor hamster went through such abuse. When I saw the old cage, I felt sad because a hamster should never live in something like that. I can imagine my own hamster in a situation like that and it makes me mad on how someone would let a hamster live in such horrible conditions. I could feel Munchieâs emotion as she talked about this rescue story and I knew how devastating and serious this was. She was very informal and she talked about hamsters’ care and I really appreciate that since not a lot of people talk about it. I feel like people who definitely watch this learned many things about hamsters and how serious the abuse these exotic animals endure.Â
Wildlife trafficking worldwide has been estimated to be a 19 billion dollar business. It has become a national security issue and a worldwide issue that needs to be solved. Criminal networks are profiting in the death of a lot of exotic species. In the wildlife trade, people want profit. They’ll do anything in order to sell these animals and if that means treating them like merchandise and abusing them, They will. Exotic animals like Tigers, chimpanzees, bears, lions, etc are being housed as pets when they are simply not. It doesn’t matter if you raised them or they seem to “like you”, these animals will act on their natural instinct. It’s dangerous plain and simple.These animals are bred in captivity for many years and are sold to people who have no idea or no ability how to provide for them. A tiger shown in the video, lived in a circus her whole life in a cage that was only 5 foot by 7! Exotic cats are being bred in puppy mills and being sold cheaply on the internet. Some tigers are even being sold for only $25. At exotic animal auctions across the United States, Animals are sold to the highest bidder regardless of qualifications, intended use, or other animal welfare and public safety concerns. These auctions take place in countries that don’t have a law against the sale of endangered species or the buying and selling of exotic animals. How did these species get into the United States? How are these animal’s bred? A lot of people wanna have something that’s “rare” but don’t know the consequences. Too many people are getting these animals not aware of how big and dangerous they can get. Not only that, the animal’s suffer their whole life because they’re trapped in cages and not provided with the proper care.
“There are more big cats in private hands than there are in the wild now.” A man being interviewed said. This quote specifically shows the reality of these animals being taken away from natural homes and put into captivity. These animals are not pets. Tiger’s, bears, chimpanzees, are dangerous animals. Yes they are cute but It’s not right to take them away from their true environment. They will not be happy and it endangers them. People who buy exotic animals arenât even knowledgeable or educated on their proper care. These animals suffer in human hands.
This informational video about wildlife trafficking was to educate the public on the dangers of buying exotic pets. They do this by interviewing an animal rescuer who is very informal on exotic animals.They explained what underground pet trades were and why we needed to stop them. This causes the audience to want to help with the sight of these animals in really small cages and being wrongly cared for. The video was very informal as they actually went undercover to one of animal trafficking events, and showed us how itâs really like. The man being interviewed, Who owned an animal rescue center, warned everyone that these are dangerous animals and theyâre not meant to be pets. He explained his experience working in a rescue shelter and what these animals have been through. It was eye opening. Definitely the audience they wanted to reach was for anybody who’s thinking about getting an exotic pet in the future.
In conclusion, Pet store chains and WildLife trafficking need to be stopped! The reason why pet companies are still up and running is because people are unaware of true horrors hiding underneath those walls. As a matter of fact, before I was a pet owner, I didnât even know pet stores were bad! This serious topic is brushed under the rug because we are dealing with exotic animals and people donât really care much for them. Us as humans tend to look at these animals and be like âI want one!â and impulsively buy them for fun. We never really sit down and do our research. If research was done, many animals wouldnât end up in neglectful situations like Louie, the hamster whose tail was chopped up. Yes they are âcheapâ but that doesn’t mean we should be treated any differently. But mostly, I blame this on people who sell animals that donât inform customers on the requirements and responsibility of owning a living creature. But pet stores treat animals like merchandise and only care about making money. They don’t care about the well-being of these animals. PETA has done lots of investigations on pet stores like petco, pet smart, and more. The things they found were unspeakable. Birds, reptiles, fish, and other small animals spent hours and days in transit from cruel suppliers, including breeding and distribution mills. These animals end up trapped in small tanks, cramped cages and are often denied even the basic necessities of life. They are often sold to people who have no idea how to care for them. We need to inform people on the dangers of buying from these sick companies and educate them on the proper care of exotic animals. Wild Trafficking is another problem on its own where people are making profit off of animals that are meant to be in the wild! Tigers, bears, Cheetahs, Alligators, and even animals that are going instinct are being sold to people that have no idea or no ability to provide for them. Not only that, owning these types of animals can be very dangerous. The animals in captivity suffer their whole life because they’re trapped in cages and not being given the proper care. I was surprised to learn that most people didnât know exotic animals were being mistreated in pet stores. I really think this topic should be spoken about more and we should work as a community to stop them from selling anymore live animals. Now that I’ve learned about the mistreatment of exotic animals, I can spread the message and inform people. Spreading the word can help these animals if more people know about it and want to help. But I feel like the audience I want to reach is future pet owners. Please do your research before getting a pet and you can break this cycle. We need these animals to go to good homes. But don’t get a tiger!
Source #1: Another Look Inside PetSmart, Inc.: A PETA Eyewitness Exposé, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) , 29 Mar. 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYLMceh2DbU&t=2s. Accessed 20 Oct. 2022.
Source #2: Vice, director. An Inside Look at the Exotic Animal Trade: Profiles by VICE. YouTube, YouTube, 19 May 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSQ8blCdAtA. Accessed 26 Oct. 2022.
Source #3: LoverGurl77983, Munchie. âTW: This Is Cruel to Do to a Hamster! | Luz Rescue Story | Munchie’s Place.â YouTube, YouTube, 14 Feb. 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZqNTkUPE8.
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