Too much attention is paid to and too much money is spent on keeping pets, while people throughout the world are starving. - Discuss the arguments for and against keeping pets. - To what extent do you agree?

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These days,
pets
seem to attract more and more attention and much money from
people
. There is nothing to discuss if it does not have some debate about
this
problem. Some say
pets
is
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taken care
too
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much
at
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both
physically
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and
mentally
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aspects whilst starvation is happening all around the world. In
this
essay, I will look at both sides of the argument and give my opinion. On the one hand, keeping
pets
have benefit in many ways.
Firstly
, to their owners,
pets
bring a lot of fun and help
people
reduce stress.
Secondly
, to the community, create a new job market
such
as selling
pets’
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pet’
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accessories and food.
This
is a potential environment for everyone who
want
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to earn more money.
Lastly
,
to
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the
pets
themselves, food and
others
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like
wash
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,
toys
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are always available for them.
On the other hand
, there are still many disadvantages. If the owners do not take care of their
pets
carefully, they can go out and bite neighbours,
this
is the most dangerous thing because some
pets
can cause serious diseases. Another drawback is that
pets
often lack
of
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freedom and survival skills. One more thing, in developed countries
as
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Japan,
America
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and America
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dosmetic
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domestic
animals are given better food to eat than poor
people
and
that is
the reason why some
against
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keeping
pets
. In my opinion, keeping
pets
bring
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people
such
many good things, it
teachs
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teaches
us responsibility, kindness and attentiveness. But
people
should
got
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another
think
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coming before spending lots of money on a pet
while
people
over
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the world are dying of hunger. In their hard time, we ought to open our
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heart
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and give them the best things we
could
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give.

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Structure your answers in logical paragraphs

The easiest way to score well on the IELTS Task 2 writing portion is to structure your writing in a solid essay format.

A strong argument essay structure can be split up into 4 paragraphs, each containing 4 sentences (except the conclusion paragraph, which only contains 3 sentences).

Stick to this essay structure:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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