Edit 2 14 â¦. Over the centuries the American Dream has taken many forms. Some versions are simple like owning a house with white picket fence. Other versions are grander such as the ideals of racial equaility presented in Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech. What does this have to do with Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Jefferson was an elite, slave-owning Virginia planter who died almost 200 years ago. What could he possibly have to tell us about dreams of middleclass stability or hopes of racial harmony? Why is Thomas Jefferson relevant today, or is he? Those are tough questions that Americans have to ask themselves as they look at Thomas Jefferson and his stature in American history and government. Why should Americans know about him and his legacy? The short answer is he was a visionary with a big dream for the United States. Thomas Jefferson's role in early American history was varied and controversial. He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
1 An estimated 6 to 8 million dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year. 2  Millions more are abandoned, only to suffer from illness or injury before dying. 3  Source: Doris Day Animal League. 4  The perceived high cost of altering is not the problem, but the lack of education, i.e., its benefits.
All of these dogs make up the âPit Bullsâ that are sitting in shelters across the country right now, waiting for their forever home, oftentimes in vain. So for the purposes of this article, thatâs what Iâll call them. The Statistics. On average, Pit Bulls make up 33% of the shelter dog population across the country.In bigger cities, that number climbs as high as 65%. 1 in 600 Pit Bulls in shelters will have the good fortune to be adopted; the rest will be killed.Annually, one million Pit Bulls are put down.And of all the common dog types to appear in shelters, Pit Bulls are the most likely to be euthanized, while they are only the third most likely to be adopted.n 1993, Pit Bulls made up less than 1% of the overall dog population in this country. Ten years later, that percentage had increased fivefold, and thatâs just of the dogs that were registered. In the 12 years since, you can bet that the Pit Bull population has only grown larger.