Animal Cruelty and Abuse

What is animal abuse? For starters, animal abuse is when a person inflicts suffering or harm on any animal. Most people, all over the world own an animal; but there are still far more animals left out on the street. Homeless animals are either left out on the streets or are “thrown” into shelters. This became a problem because not all animals are domesticated. Animal shelters began as pounds. “When the system began to be used to impound wandering dogs and cats, these animals were often killed because little monetary value was placed on them” (Lila Miller, Animal sheltering in the United States: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, 1) . This issue persists because shelter workers and others truly believe that an animal life has no value, but that is not true; animals are living beings just like humans with brains, hearts, and bones. A reported case was that “authorities had seized 23 puppies, 11 cats, and four adult dogs from a self-processed animal “rescue” after they were found in the “rescuer’s” filthy home.” (‘No-Kill’ Label Slowly Killing Animals, 3). This means that an unauthorized person hoarded many animals and forced the animals into an unsafe “shelter”. The shelter being a dirty home.

There are many different things that fall under the category of “cruelty”, neglect and abuse being the two main subcategories. The most common type of animal abuse involves dogs, Pit-bulls in particular. In 2007, of 1800 media-reported cases of animal cruelty, 64% (1,126) involved dogs, 18% (337) involved cats, and 18% (337) involved other animals. Some of the most common places where animal abuse occur are, in no particular order: fur farms, dog fights, laboratories, races (both Greyhound and horse), slaughterhouses, and puppy mills. Some less thought of forms of animal abuse are crush videos, traditional Chinese medicine, the cat/dog meat trade in Asia, the ivory trade, trophy hunting, and even shock collars. Abandonment is the leading form of animal cruelty. (See illustration.)

In her book, First Friend: A History of Dogs and Humans, Katherine Rogers proficiently covers the history of the relationship that exists between dogs and humans, from the mutual love and companionship that arises to the neglect and cruelty humans exhibit towards dogs. Throughout the book, there are many instances where dogs are abused and in each instance one of two themes are clear: dogs are abused either because humans are indifferent towards dogs or humans see them as an inferior species - and to some extent, possessions. In order to appropriately demonstrate how and why humans abuse dogs, it is necessary to have a clear definition of animal abuse. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals defines it as “acts of violence

Explanation: I choose this article because it helps to understand the thought process on the alleged animal abuser. It also helps a person with the love for animals to know why, us as human beings would hurt

Government data on domestic violence cases reveal a staggering number of animals are victimized by abusive partners each year. The HSUS estimates that nearly 1 million animals a year are abused or killed in connection with domestic violence. Do you believe animals have feelings like us human? Do you think they know when they are getting abused? All around the world there are hundreds, maybe thousands of ways animals get abused, mentally, physically and emotionally. Innocent creatures put on this earth for our happiness, for our food for our amusement are getting abused from the humans cruel ways of life. There are many animals around the world crying out for help, hoping for deliverance from the cruel animal abuse

Unfortunately today there are many cases of animal abuse happening around the world. Animal cruelty or animal abuse can be defined as the infliction of suffering or harm upon animals for purposes other than self-defense. There are many different types of abuse such as using animals for research, using animals for entertainment purposes, abandoning animals to shelters, and animal neglect. We need to raise awareness and find a solution to these issues. Animals are suffering and we need to help them.

Recently, there have been many animals that have been abused. A dog named Caitlyn was sold to a man because her owners did not want to be evicted for her harmful behavior (2015, June 03). She was sold to William Leonard Dodson, 3 years ago. She was returned to her previous owner the next day, but her muzzle was taped shut with electrical tape because she wouldn’t stop barking. Her owner was mad & said “Don't let me find you. That's all I can say, don't let me find you because that's part of my family you just did some foul things to”. The previous owners also said that Dodson had been laughing when he taped up the dog. Unfortunately, Caitlyn lost ¼ of her tongue, but that was less than the doctors expected. This was in 2015, so a more recent

Animal abuse also has an impact on the abuser. Sometimes it leads to bad decisions in the future. "A number of studies show that 70% of animal abusers lead to other crimes." Acts of animal cruelty are connected to other crimes, including violence with people, property crimes, and drug or disorderly conduct offenses. Seven boys who did schools shootings that took place in 1997-2001 have done acts of animal cruelty. (Animal Cruelty and Human Violence.) Patrick Sherrill who had a part time job as a mailman for the post office in Edmond, killed 14 co-workers before he shot himself. Sherrill had a deep history of dog fighting. (Animal Abusers blog) "Police know that in homes where animal abuse is a problem, other issues are often concurrent (Animal

Cruelty to animals can either be the unintentional and the intentional infliction by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human animal, regardless of whether the act is against the law. So much has happened recently that the US has broken it down into four categories, simple or gross neglect; intentional abuse and torture; organized abuse, including dogfighting and cockfighting; and animal sexual abuse (Fricker). The very first group of people in U.S. history to give laws for animal cruelty was the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Throughout the years North Carolina and several other U.S. states have increased of passed more laws on animal cruelty and abuse. Defining animal abuse and cruelty can be broken down into six different

With nearly 2.7 million animals euthanized each year, animal abuse and abandonment has been a massive problem in society (“Shelter Intake” 2). Animal abuse is not limited to just the abuse of cats or dogs within a home, animal abuse can also be seen on farms, racetracks, dog fighting, dog racing, and horse carriages. Different organizations, such as the American Humane Association, have also seen a correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence. The American Humane Association stated that “71% of pet-owning women entering women’s shelters reported that their batterer had injured, maimed, killed or threatened family pets for revenge or to psychologically control victims. Even with this data, it is still hard to prosecute and getting

According to Humane Society of the United States, anywhere from three to four million dogs and cats are euthanized in the United States each year (Rogelberg E. A. 2006, p. 332). The overpopulation of abandoned animals in shelters has become a major problem. It affects not only the shelters budget, but also animals themselves and our community. “As of 2011, it is estimated that there are over seventy-eight million dogs owned in the United States, only twenty-one percent of which were adopted. Over $2.13 billion were spent in the U.S. market in 2010 on live animal sales” (Albany Law Review, 380). A lot of those pets end up on the streets, or in shelters. They all have different reasons of being in a shelter: their owners

There is so much animal abuse/cruelty happening in the world today. There are so many types of abuse. For example, one type of abuse is neglect. Neglect is not taking care of a pet, like not feeding them or giving them water. Another type of abuse is physical abuse. Physical abuse is when someone hitting them, physically hurting them."

“In 2007, statistics based on media reports showed that around 1,880 animal abuse cases were officially reported in the United States. Abuse to dogs made up 1,212 of these cases, and cats suffered abuse in 337 cases. Pit bulls and pit bull mixes are some of the most common victims of animal abuse.There are two types of abuse inflicted on pets. Passive cruelty is neglect and can range from starvation to doing nothing to prevent the suffering of an animal. Active cruelty is malicious acts intentionally committed to injure or kill an animal.” (Reference*) Some animals are just plain abandoned and left to sit alone in the woods or street. “There is no system in place to track the amount of dogs or other pets that are abandoned each year in the United States. However, it is known that between 6 and 8 million companion animals are brought to shelters each year in the U.S., according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Animals should not be beaten, the number of incidents reported is out of control. They need to be taken care of while they are still here. In this research paper i will be talking about the cruelty that animals have to deal with not only in the United States but also all around the world. My paper is also a little about the rights that animals have, animals have rights just like us humans do. The reason why i choose animal cruelty is simple, why danger an animal when it has done nothing to you. I don't disagree with the killing of animals for eating purposes, but just to hurt for the fun of it or because you can't control the animal? I agree that the world needs the meats that these animals have to offer, we all need it to stay strong and healthy. Shouldn't we at least take care of the animals while their living in this world? Why don't we give them the best possible care in their precious Short lifespan. Myself and millions of others believe that animals should be used for eating purposes only, many say they shouldn't even be eaten but my topic will not deal with that. There are to many incidents reported where many scientist and humans with special occupations hurt animals during experiments, I would love to see the end of monkeys, pigs and even gorillas being tested in labs. These animals were put into this world the same reason we were.

Animal cruelty such as abuse and neglect are issues that not everyone pays attention to. This is because they are not informed in the right way or they do not do their research about the certain and proper care the animal need which led to different types of cruelty. People need to start understanding what animal cruelty is and what they can do to surpass the issues dealing with animal cruelty and also treating animal cruelty like they would as human cruelty. “We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves,” as said by Cesar Chavez.