写一篇关于动物的作文英语作文经典20篇

今天爸爸给我买了一只可爱的小鸡，全身长着桔黄色的茸毛，我给它起名叫“小黄”。小黄两只小眼睛一眨一眨的，像小星星一样，它的爪子还没有长得那么坚硬有力，让小黄显得更加可爱。小黄最喜欢做的事情就是趴在我的脚上睡觉。毛茸茸的、软软的身体，让我感觉到脚暖和极了。

Today, my father bought me a lovely chicken, covered with orange hair, I called it "yellow". Miss Huangs two small eyes blink and act like a little star. Its claws are not so strong and strong as to make Xiao Huang look more lovely. Xiao Huangs favorite thing to do is to sleep on my feet. The fluffy, soft body made my feet warm.

看着它睡得香甜，我不忍心动一下，生怕惊醒它，当我挪动我的脚时，它还恋恋不舍地追随我的脚。到了晚上小黄还是唧唧的叫着，要我陪它。于是我做了一个脚的模型，周围放了温水瓶，这样小黄就安心入梦了，看着它睡着了，我也安心地睡觉了。

It looked at sleep soundly, I could not bear to heart, afraid of waking it, when I move my feet, it is unable to part my feet to follow. In the evening, Xiao Huang still chirped and asked me to accompany him. So I made a foot model, surrounded by warm water bottle, so his yellow dream, watching it fall asleep, I also sleep at ease.

小黄还喜欢跑来跑去和我捉迷藏，有一次，我找了半天，也没找到它，后来，在我的澡盆里发现了小黄。它在里面怎么飞，也飞不出它自己不小心蹦进去的澡盆了。看着它，我笑了，小心翼翼地把它拿出来了。我的小鸡“小黄”可爱吧！

Huang also love to run and hide and seek, once, I am looking for a long time, did not find it later, Huang was found in my bathtub. It can fly inside, also can not fly out of its own in the bathtub was accidentally jumped. Looking at it, I smiled and took it out carefully. My chicken "Yellow Daisy" is cute!

[描写动物的英语作文（含翻译）

Do you like animal？ What’s your favorite animal？ My favorite animal is monkey. It is lovely and clever. People always say that our human beings are evolved from monkeys. In the other word， monkey looks a little like human being， which close the distance between it and me. It has a long tail. It can make different shapes by it. It likes eating bananas. It will peel off the skin just like human being. It is funny！ I love it.

In the animal kingdom, both predators and prey species utilize one of two things to survive—stealth or speed. Both on land and beneath the sea, those who master either evasion or capture through these methods will thrive, living to reproduce and achieve the unspoken directive of their species. While stealth—through camouflage or evasion—is common, perhaps the most thrilling feature of many of the animals we find in the ocean are the fantastic speeds that can not only be achieved, but often maintained for long periods of time.Speed represents a tremendous expenditure, an investment of energy that must be replenished via consumed calories. Therefore, any observer should marvel not only at the existence of this trait, but also at the bounty of an ecosystem and the ability of individuals to draw their needs from that system. Their existence is a reflection of the fantastic diversity and abundance of our oceans. Here are ten of the fastest aquatic animals—both predator and prey.

动物世界里，不管是捕食者还是被捕食者，暗袭和速度是它们赖以生存的两大法宝。许多陆地和海洋生物正是通过这两项技能得以繁衍成长，维持在自然界中的生存地位。对于暗袭，大多数动物拥有独特的保护色和逃遁技巧，以此捕食或躲避天敌。然而，在海洋世界，失去遮蔽物和光线，速度才是生存王道。许多海洋生物爆发力惊人，不仅可以很快达到超高时速，更为赞叹的是凭借其惊人耐力能游行数小时。长时间竞速意味着巨大的体能消耗，需要通过摄入大量卡路里补充体力。因此，人们不仅会对这一特点感到惊奇，更会对它们身处生物系统底部却能以个体能力获得所需而惊叹不已。它们的存在就是海洋多样性及丰富性的最好体现。

Human beings are different from animals in many ways. One of the differences is the ability of human beings to build. It is true that many animals are builders. Birds make nests, and bees make hives. But no animal could build the pyramids or the Great Wall or the Eiffel Tower. The variety, size, and beauty of the structures built by human beings is simply unsurpassed.

Another difference is the ability of human beings to use intelligence. Many animals are probably more clever than we realize, but no animal has the ability to write, to reason, or to speak. Only human beings can invent computers, make use of solar energy. Only human beings paint, draw, compose music, and write poetry.

These are but a few of the differences between human beings and animals. It is our special abilities that give us power to affect the world for the benefit of all mankind. We should be thankful for those abilities and learn to use them in a more wise way.

导语：你有养过什么宠物呢?它们是怎么跟你成为好朋友的?下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

I have a pet. It is aPigeon. It has got white and gray feathers, a red mouth and two small eyes. It’s cute.

I found it near a park. Its leg was injured and couldn’t fly. I took it home and cured it. Every morning, I give it some water and small pieces of bread. It gets stronger and stronger.

Now the pigeon has become my best friend. When I come home from school, it always flies to me and rests on my shoulders, it likes to talk to me. It makes my spare time colorful.

【参考翻译】

我有一只宠物。它是一只鸽子。它有白色和灰色羽毛，一个红色的嘴和两个小眼睛。很可爱。

我在公园附近找到的。它的腿受伤了不能飞。我把它带回家治愈它。每天早上，我给它一些水和小块面包。它变得越来越强壮。

现在鸽子成了我最好的朋友。当我从学校回家的时候，它总是飞到我的肩上，它喜欢和我说话。它使我的业余时间丰富多彩。

I have a white dog.Its name is Bobo.She is a female dog.She comes from Beijing,China.She has two big eyes and a small month.She wears white clothes.

She often walks around at home.It has nothing to do.She likes eating ice-cream so much,So do I.When I eat ice-cream,she will look at the ice-cream carefully.So I will give her some to eat.

My favorite animal is dog, my family has a puppy. His name is wangwang, he that is yellow, is really beautiful. He has a pair of bright eyes sparkly.

His two big ears perked up really high like a birds wing, but air. Sometimes also shake his tail to show your tongue with me, where I went with it, really like a small heels. I patted him on the head, it is licking my fingers, I feel itchy. Lovely!

But he has time, low head, let me feel very strange, but I dou dou it his mood suddenly. This is my dog barked. It is very cute!

1、Cats hide their claws.知人知面不知心。

2、Each bird loves to hear himself sing.鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）

3、A gloved cat catches no mice.戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。）

4、Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。

5、Who will bwll the cat? 谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？）

6、All cats are grey in the dark黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。）

7、It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.智者不上两次档。

8、Go to the sea, if you would fish well.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。

9、If water is noisy, there are no fish in it.咆哮的水中无鱼。

10、Fine feathers make fine birds.人要衣装，马要鞍。

11、Care kill a cat.忧虑愁死猫。

12、Dog does not eat dog.同类不相残。

13、A good horse cannot be of a bad colour.好马不会毛色差。

14、All are not thieves that dogs bark at.狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。

15、A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.听音识鸟，闻言识人。

16、The best fish swim near the bottom.好鱼常在水底游。

17、Let sleeping dogs lie.勿惹事生非。

18、A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。

19、When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill presage.黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。）

20、Barking dogs don’t seldom、bite.爱叫的狗很少咬人。

21、Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。

22、It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest.家丑不可外扬。

23、Birds in their little nests agree.同巢之鸟心儿齐。

24、A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

25、The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）

26、A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。

27、Never offer to teach fish to swim.不要班门弄斧。

28、Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕；一举两得。

29、You cannot catch old birds with chaff.粗糠）。用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。）

30、There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with butter.杀猫的办法很多。（达到目的的途径很多。）

31、A horse may stumble on four feet.马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。

32、It is a poor mouse that has only one hole.狡兔三窟。

33、A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。

34、A running horse needs no spur.奔马无需鞭策。

35、The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。

36、Dead dogs bite not.死狗不咬人。

37、There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.海里的好鱼多的是。

I like a lot of animals, but my favorite animal is the panda. She comes from China, why did I love her? Because she is very cute, but she was very shy. Her body stout like bears, but the first round tail short, black and white fur and white head and body clear. She staple food of bamboo, but also addicted to love drinking water, most of the giant pandas homes are located near the water in streams, the nearest will be able to drink clear spring.

My home have a lovely and naughty little white dog, its name is small white.

The small white to sleep. A noon, it will find a warm place, carefree played a big sleep, no matter what you call it, call it, its like not to hear, in the left ear, right ear out, dont ignore you.

Once in it when sleeping, I secretly hid the its food, it woke up, cant find my dinner, it is like a cat on hot bricks, like boiled dumplings, worried, "wang wang" barked, seems to shout "things I? Im not hungry!"

Suddenly, it triumphantly walked to come over to see me, like Sherlock Holmes, seemed to have answers, eyeing up and looked at me and after a while, quickly ran up and grabbed my trousers, tried to pull back, I also dont be afraid, go forward hard, alas, because of the small white teeth are sharp, so I was it to pull over.

Small white repeatedly "begged" me, his eyes reveal anxiously look, Im helpless, gave it the food into the cupboard.

Small white immediately as found the family dog, mingled, as if in said "thank you, master!"

How, this is the interesting thing between I with small white!

我家有一只既可爱又淘气的小白狗，它叫小白。

小白贪睡极了。一到中午，它就会找个暖和的地方，无忧无虑地睡起了大觉，不管你怎么叫它，喊它，它都像没听见似的，左耳朵进，右耳朵出，一点也不理睬你。

有一次，在它睡觉时，我偷偷地把它的食物藏了起来，它醒时，找不到了美餐，简直是像热锅上的蚂蚁，又像沸腾了的饺子，心急如焚，“汪汪”地叫个不停，似乎是在喊“我的事物呢?我饿得不行了!”

忽然，它看见我得意洋洋地走了过来，像福尔摩斯一样，似乎有了答案，便虎视眈眈地看着我，过了一会儿，迅速地跑过来，咬住了我的裤子，拼命地往后拽，我也不干示弱，使劲地往前走，唉，由于小白的牙齿锋利，所以我被它拉了过去。

小白再三“恳求”我，眼睛里露出了焦急地神情，我无可奈何，把藏在柜子里的食物给了它。

小白顿时像找到了家的小狗一般，悲喜交集，好象在说“谢谢你，好主人!”

怎么样，这就是我和小白之间有趣的事!

My favourite animal is fish. Because they are very interesting. There are many kinds of fish. They are liveing in water very free. They are very colorful, some fish are red, some fish are white, and some fish are gold... So I like them very much !!!!

我最喜欢的动物是鱼。因为他们是非常有趣的。鱼的种类非常多。他们是在水中自由自在的生活。他们是五颜六色的,一些鱼是红色的,一些鱼是白色的,一些鱼是黄金色的……我非常喜欢它们! ! ! !

我最喜欢的动物英语作文1：

my pet is a toy bear. his name is small white. he is white. he has blue eyes and blue ears. his hands and feet are blue too.he is naughty.

he likes to make fun of me. he likes reading.

when i am unhappy, he accompanies me.

he is my good friend.

我最喜欢的动物英语作文2：

maybe everyone has a kind of animal which he favourite,me too!

i like all the little animals,but my favourite animal is dog,maybe you will ask the reason,why do i like it ?very simple ,cause of his loyal heart,and they are so cute,they always make a friendly ship with people.they are friends to the human.they bring too much joy to us!do you agree with my view?

and whatyour opinion?

我最喜欢的动物英语作文3：

I like animals very much, such as horses, monkeys, cats, tigers and so on. But I like dogs best. Why? Because they are very cute and friendly.

我非常喜欢动物，比如马，猴子，猫，老虎等等。但是我最喜欢小狗。为什么呢?因为他们很可爱很友好。

I have a white dog. Its name is Bobo. She is a female dog. She comes from Beijing, China. She has two big eyes and a small month. She wears white clothes. She often walks around at home. It has nothing to do. She likes eating ice-cream so much, So do I. When I eat ice-cream, she will look at the ice-cream carefully. So I will give her some to eat.

我有一只白色的小狗。它的名字叫波波。她是一只小母狗。她来自中国北京。她有一双大眼睛和一个小嘴巴。她穿着白色的衣服。 她经常在家里到处走。但是没关系。她喜欢吃冰激凌，我也是。当我吃冰激凌的时候，她就会很认真的看着冰激凌。所以我会给她一些吃。

I think Bobo is the cutest dog in the world.

我觉得波波是世界上最最可爱的狗狗。

Contribute to nature reserves and other wilderness areas.Habitat preservation is one of the best ways to help protect animals.You can donate money or volunteer your time helping the nature reserve preserve habitat.

Buy environmentally friendly goods.Choose non-toxic cleaners and lawn care items that wont pollute streams,rivers or oceans.Avoid any products that have been made from threatened or animals.Buy foods and goods that are made from materials that do not harm animals or their habitat.For example,look for organic chocolate,coffee or cotton clothing that is grown without cutting down rainforests or destroying habitat.

Create or restore habitat for animals.You can volunteer to help with projects worldwide designed to reestablish habitat.In your own backyard,plant a butterfly garden,use native plants and trees and let "wild" areas grow to provide habitat and food.

Join a local,national or global conservation organization.Some organizations focus on one particular animal while others focus on broad efforts for all species.You can "adopt" an animal through these organizations,which makes a great gift idea as well.

促进自然保护区和其他荒野地区。栖息地保护的最好方法之一是帮助保护动物。你可以捐款或志愿时间帮助自然保护区保护栖息地。

购买环保商品。选择无毒清洁剂和草坪护理项目,不会污染河流,河流或海洋。避免任何威胁或动物制成的产品。购买食品和产品,是由材料,不伤害动物或它们的栖息地。例如,寻找有机巧克力、咖啡或棉衣服,没有砍伐热带雨林生长或破坏栖息地。

创建或恢复栖息地的动物。你可以志愿帮助全球项目旨在重建的栖息地。在自己的后院,工厂一只蝴蝶花园,使用原生植物和树木,让“野生”地区生长提供栖息地和食物。

加入一个地方、国家或国际保护组织。一些组织专注于一个特定的动物而其他人关注广泛的努力为所有物种。你可以通过这些组织“采用”动物,使一个伟大的礼物的想法。

To protect animals, everyone duty! This shouldnt be a slogan, but a word should be deeply impressed all people in the heart of a wake-up call.

Once upon a time there was a first grade elementary student xiao Ming and his father go hunting outside every day, dont have time to study. As a result, his grades have been bad. Every night, his father will be to capture a few animals. His father to kill animals, xiao Ming is very sad. "Dad, dont kill animals again, you know how to kill animals is a serious matter? This will destroy the food chain, in the end, the damaged or we ah!" Xiao Ming said. His father stern said "so little know what? You have some time to get it! Your grade if you dont hunt, what to eat? How to send you to school?" Xiao Ming said that "every time that I study hard, get a scholarship, you dont hunt?" "Yes, as long as your scholarship, I dont hunt" from then on, xiao Ming is to study hard every day. Sure enough, in junior high school of time when school promised as long as he won first place in the examination will give him a scholarship. His father also keep your promise, no longer hunt.

Even a first grade of primary school children know the truth, isnt so much the hunter is in doubt? Has it ever occurred to you, if you are an animal, human will kill you without a reason, would you be willing to? It must be thousands would not! As the saying goes "do as you would be done by." You dont like, that the animals would be willing to? Because hunting, are now extinct, how many kinds of animals do you know? Already 800, the number looks small, but add up the number of each type of animal, you know how much is it? Have you had? Destroy the food chain, is no good to human beings.

Animals are priceless treasure for human nature, all animals are humans good friends, why cant harmonious to get along in the same home? Their survival and our survival, have a close relationship. From now on, start from around each of us, to protect the animals together!

保护动物，人人有责!这不该是一句口号，而是一句应该深深印在所有人心里的一个警钟。

从前，有一个一年级的小学生小明，他的父亲天天到外面去打猎，没时间管他的学习。因此，他的成绩一直都不好。每天晚上，他的父亲都会捕来几只动物。他的父亲这样残杀动物，小明很伤心。“爸爸，不要再杀动物了，您知道杀动物是一件多么严重的事吗?这样会破坏生物链的，到头来，受损的还是我们呀!”小明说。他的爸爸严厉的回答说“你这么小懂什么?有时间就好好弄弄你的学习成绩吧!如果不打猎，靠什么吃饭?怎么供你上学?”小明说“那我好好学习，每次都得奖学金，你是不是就不打猎了?”“对，只要你的奖学金，我就不打猎”从此，小明就天天都努力学习。果然，在初中的时候学校答应只要他考试得第一名的时候就会给他奖学金。他的父亲也信守诺言，再也不打猎了。

就连一个一年级的小学生都懂的道理，难道那么多的猎人就想不清吗?你们有没有想过，假如你是一只动物，人类无缘无故的就把你杀了，你会愿意吗?肯定是千万个不愿意。俗话说得好“己所不欲，勿施于人。”你自己都不愿意，那动物们会愿意吗?就因为捕猎，现在都有多少种动物灭绝了，你们知道吗?已经800种了，这个数字看起来是不大，但是把每种动物的数量加起来，你们知道是多少吗?你们算过吗?破坏生物链，对人类一点好处都没有。

动物是大自然留给人类的无价之宝，所有的动物都是人类的好朋友，为什么就不能和睦的相处在同一个家园里呢?他们的生存与我们的生存，有着密切的关系。从现在起，从我们每个人的身边做起，一起保护动物吧!

去参观动物园的英语作文1

Today is Sunday. Its sunny today . I go to the zoo with my mother. I can see many animals . There are tigers ,lions ,pandas ,snakes and many more. Look ! The pandas are over there . Theyre from China . Look at the baby panda ! Its climbing trees. How cute it is ! I love pandas.

Next, we go to see the lions .The lions are so strong . Their mouths are too big. The tigers ae next to them. They are from Asia. They are yellow. At last,we go to see the monkeys . Some are climbing moutains , some are eating bananas . THey re so much fun !

I see many animals at the zoo and I m so happy today!

去参观动物园的英语作文2

last week I went to the Xiangjiang Zoo in Panyu.with my family. The zoo was very big and very beautiful , the zoo has a lot of animals , panda,lion,tiger,snake,elephant,fox Collected By Panda ws very cute and very fat , but it was not my favourite animal. Lion ws very strong , but it wasn t my favourite animal either, because it wasn t very handsome.

Tiger ws very strong and very handsome , it s my favourite animal, because it s very strong and very handsome. I feel very happy !

去参观动物园的英语作文3

The zoo provides the animals the comfortable and safe living conditions that can not be found in other places.

If the animals get hurt or ill, certain people will take care of them to prevent futher danger caused by the diseases.

Good opportunities for the people in the city especially those children who dont have the chance to set foot in the wild world.

Watching the animals in the zoo may give the parents a good chance to teach their children to love the animals and the world.

The parents can get the children know more about the animals in the zoo by watching listening even smelling instead of just looking at the dull pictures in the books.

【作文题目】保护濒危动物

要求：1.以约30个词概括短文的内容要点;

2.然后，以约120个词就“endangered animals”的主题发表看法，内容包括：

(1)濒危动物的现状;

(2)就如何改变这个现状，谈谈你的看法;

(3)假如你是濒危动物的一员，你如何呼吁人们关注濒危动物。

范文

There are more and more endangered animals at present,so how to protect them has been our task of top priority . Its wrong for people to hunt animals for their meat and feather,for they are our good friends.We should protect them instead of killing them.Giant pandas,which are one of the endangered animals,live in the forests and live on bamboo lealves.They can just live safely in the natural protection zones.We should stop killing animal and protect them.

目前，濒危的动物正在日益剧增。如何保护濒危动物成了我们的当务之急。人们疯狂的捕杀动物，为了它们的肉、皮毛。我们这样做是不对的，因为动物是我们的朋友，我们应该保护它们，而不是将它们赶尽杀绝。大熊猫就是濒危动物的代表，它生活在森林里，以竹子为食，它们仅仅依靠着自然保护区生存。我们应该停止对动物们的捕杀，更好地保护它们

At present,the endangered animals are increasingly fast.How to protect them become our priority.People are crazy about killing animals for their meat, fur.But it is wrong because that animals are our friends, we should try to protect them,instead of killing them to die out. Pandas are represents of endangered animals, which live in the forest and live on bamboos for food. They only depend on the nature reserves to live. We should stop killing animals, and protect them better

A thought-provoking dialogue between the mother elephant and her own child appears in the first picture. Having growing his teeth, the young elephant is eager to share the exciting news with his mother. However, after repeating his words several times, there is still no response coming from the mother. Meanwhile, the attractive caption in the second photo reads: no trade, no kill.

The above pictures unveil a hazard posed to wildlife due to the expanding scale of world commercial hunting. At least two fundamental factors could contribute to this phenomenon. The industry of commercial hunting have undergone a booming expansion (along with the growing public awareness of the merits of wildlife, which makes/), making hunting unusually profitable. Worse still, lacking knowledge regarding the significance of ecological balance, some people take the gun to chase animals insatiably (and thus cause a severe threat to all life in the world). Apparently, this trend will surely in turn endanger humankind in the long run.

(On no account should we turn a blind eye to such things.//All these factors above make it crucial to take drastic measures to protect the wildlife.) Accordingly, governments all over the world are supposed to unite to work out effective measures against commercial hunting. Additionally, people should be educated from childhood to cultivate the awareness that we and the rare wild animals share the same precious planet. I do believe a harmonious relationship between the wildlife and human beings is awaiting us if we make every effort to promote wildlife protection both nationally and internationally.

There are more and more endangered animals at present，so how to protect them has been our task of top priority .Its wrong for people to hunt animals for their meat and feather，for they are our good friends。We should protect them instead of killing them。Giant pandas，which are one of the endangered animals，live in the forests and live on bamboo lealves。They can just live safely in the natural protection zones。We should stop killing animal and protect them。

You cannot catch old birds with chaff.用粗糠捉不住老鸟。

you can lead a horse to water , but you cannot make him drink牵马到河易，逼马饮水难。

Unable to fly ,in vain the bird flaps his wings. 鸟儿不会飞，拍翅也枉然。

Trusted aids are eliminated when they have outlived their usefulness. 兔死狗烹。

The fox mourns the death of the hare. 兔死狐悲。

Pigs may fly,but they are very unlikely birds. 猪儿纵会飞，终究不是鸟。

One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。

One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。

Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。

Early bird catches the worm。早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱。

Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。

Better be a free bird than a captive king. 宁为自由鸟，不作被困王。

A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。

A rabbit isn’t to be harnessed. 兔子驾不了辕。

A horse may stumble on four feet. 马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。

A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。

A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk. 听音识鸟，闻言识人。

Mistreat your animals and someone might take them from you.

Allen （not his real name） is driving north out of Virginia in the middle of the night， with stolen property in the back of his van. But Allen isn‘t a criminal – in fact he normally would never dream of breaking the law.

The “property” he stole is a dog he calls Flash. Allen doesn‘t particularly want Flash – in fact， in a few hours he‘ll drop him off at a stranger‘s house and never see him again. “I couldn‘t just stand by and do nothing，” he explains. “The owner was plainly neglecting the dog， but the police wouldn‘t do anything about it.”

For over a year， Flash had been tied to a tree in front of someone‘s house. “He was sick and malnourished，” says Allen. “More than once I saw [the owner] kick him for no reason at all.” Allen had repeatedly tried to get the owner to take better care of the animal， or to give it away to someone who would. Finally， he took matters into his own hands – in the dead of night， he took Flash off his chain and drove away with him.

Within an hour， Flash had a new license tag and was being treated by a veterinarian who knew better than to ask questions. Pictures of the dog were put up on animal rescue websites， asking for someone to adopt the dog. A couple in New York offered to take the dog， and animal lovers in states along the way agreed to provide transportation.

Nobody can say for sure how many animals like Flash are ‘rescued‘ every year – receiving stolen property is a crime， so rescuers tend to stay in the shadows. But a growing number of empty collars attests to their work as more and more animals find their way to loving homes.