This project has opened my eyes on the situations of so many abandoned pets. The way these animals are treated, as if they are not even living things, is making them means to an end. People adopt them and give them up much to easily, without thinking in regards to how that will effect the aminals themselves. If they make it to a shelter their days are numbered. They are almost better off in the wild, but domesticated animals do not do well without constant care. I now see the importance and necceissary support it takes to have a pet. In the future, when I get a pet, I will undoubtably get one from a shelter. If one applied John Stuart Mills views of Utilitarianism to animals as well, and considered their happiness as a group above ones own, they would see how the current system of care for animals is fundemantaly flawed. I hope to strive to inprove it.