Animal Rights

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What do you all think about Animal Rights? I've recently been posed with a problem that involves a small puppy 8-12 weeks old. She is the cutest little thing and has the most beautiful eyes. My neighbor's daughter retrieved her from the Humane Society last week, without his knowledge. Since she brought the little baby home, she has been kept outside nearly 24 hours a day, with only a cardboard box for shelter. For the past several days it has been in the mid 90's. She can't get away from the sun at all during the day, except in the cardboard box, wich is exactly like sitting in a car in 90 degree weather, it only heats up rather than cools. When I go to play with her, she never has water, wich I fill often, but the owners never do. She has a hernia (sp?), and kennel cough--wich is an extremely bad case, worse than I've ever seen. She cried so much the first night that she lost her voice, and she hasn't regained it due to the kennel cough. Last evening I took her more water, and she hadn't touched her food that was put out that morning--it was 9:00 pm when I saw her last. Her nose was dripping mucus, she was hacking and throwing up water. I know she hadn't touched the food and that it wasn't new food because the people were gone the entire day. I'm very worried about her health. The girl who brought her home could have been no more than 18, her father was unaware (single parent). I spoke with the father the first night and informed him that she had a hernia, still nothing has been done. The girl's brother spoke with my fiance and said that the girl hasn't payed any attention to the pup since they got it.

What did I do about it? I called the Humane Society. I'm not sure what is going on because I'm still at work, but they said they would asess the situation.

What do you think about people who neglect pets? Do you think that animal rights should be more strictly enforced? How would you asessed the situation differently if you were me, or would you have done anything?

I just want various opinions so I know more about what can be done in these situations. I did what I thought was the right thing. I hope that it was.