Essay on Informative Speech Outline: Animal Cruelty

Animals are beaten and abused on a daily basis due to barbaric individuals. Whether it be from harmful intentions or pure negligence most cases go unreported. “Deliberate cruelty may involve beating, shooting, stabbing animals, or setting them on fire. Neglect is not giving a necessary food, water, shelter, or vet care” (Human Society). The lack of attention and care for these animals can often lead to severe, and sometimes irrevocable damage. The Animal Legal Defense Fund, ALDF for short, website tells of one story where neighbors of a farm complained to the local humane society, “that the Colliers were neglecting many animals on their farm, including dogs and horses. When they went to their property to investigate, they discovered dogs and horses in several states of neglect and starvation and seized them out of concern for their immediate health”(ALDF). Sadly, however, it can become much worse for animals. Owners will sometimes purposefully abuse their animals. Unfortunately, occurrences like these are hardly uncommon. One such example, from the RSPCA of England, the Royal

Every 60 seconds an animal is abused. Dogs, cats, horses, and many other types of animals are being neglected and tortured everyday, yet resulting in few and minor consequences for the perpetrators. Animal abuse is prevalent in the United States and has been an ongoing issue since the 1970's, and prior to. Society as a whole has chosen to avoid the facts and arguments about animal cruelty, because to some it is seen as acceptable and typical. It becomes much more frowned upon when people actually see the results of the cruelty, especially in the media.

Over the centuries, animals have suffered from cruelty from humans. In the United States, animals are beaten, neglected, or forced to struggle for survival. Animals have been inflicted with pain from humans for reasons other than self-defense. They have been slaughtered for their food and fur for personal gain in profit. In a majority of cases they have even been abused for someone’s own personal amusement or out of rage filled impulses. In some cases animals are found and rescued. They are given the second chance in life to experience what life should be like compared to what they once had.

We aren’t fully aware of how common animal abuse is because most cases aren’t reported. People will report other crimes that involve humans but they neglect and tend look away when they spot animal abuse. According to Statistic Brain, the average number of cases of animal abuse reported in the media each year is 1,920 (keep in mind this is just media). From those cases, 60% involved dogs, 18% involved cats, and 22% involved other animals. The most common types of abuse are neglection/abandonment (32%), hoarding (13%), shooting (11%), poisoning (10%), fighting (9%), and beating (8%). There’s also stabbing, mutilation/torture, choking/suffocation, and burning (these are between two to five percent). But from hoarding, there are 250,000 animals that fall victim.

Animal cruelty is a tremendous issue concerning the United States and has a large link to abuse toward humans. On DoSomething.org (n.d.), they found that “Today animal cruelty has been reported in urban, suburban, and rural settings in all regions of the country” (para. 6). But at the same time, there is animal welfare, which can protect animals when they have been mistreated. Individuals who participate in animal cruelty are more likely to engender harm to humans. In Rescue Ink (2010), found that “70% of animal abusers also have records of other crimes - often violent crimes” (para. 3). In addition to, there is a myriad of research and statistics that emphasizes how several components increase the link between abuse to animals and abuse to humans. The largest components are: households where domestic violence occurs, individuals who become serial killers, and individuals that grew up with a disturbing childhood.

Studies on pet abuse and woman-battering have consistently demonstrated the central role of gender, power, and control in male violence toward both women and animals.1-4, 6-10, 14, 15 When a batterer also harms the family pet, it exposes the blatant intentionality of his efforts to control his partner. No longer can he claim that he “just lost control.”

Often times, people think of animals as another member of their family. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Every year, there are nearly one million animals getting abused and suffering at the hands of human beings. Animal cruelty occurs when someone harms or ignores an animal purposely. “The most common types of abuse are neglect, hoarding, shooting, fighting, beating, etc” (Humane Advocate N.p.). There have been cases in which justice has been served, such as the case of Michael Vick. Sadly, there are many cases in which justice is not fully served. However, there are organizations that are committed to helping these innocent animals such as Peta, to end animal cruelty. Based on studies and animal shelters, it is evident that animal

The first and most important way in which societies can avoid the abuse of animals is recognition that animals have rights, and they are protected under the law. For instance, in all 50 states of the United States, there are legislations relating to the abuse of animals (Ascione). Many states recognize the issue as a misdemeanor offense while 30 states have put in place felony-level statutes to deal with certain forms of cruelty to animals (Ascione, 1). Although the definitions of animal abuse differ from state to state, this largely agreed upon definition should guide societies to act in ways that avoid abusing animals. People should avoid, “socially unacceptable behavior that intentionally causes unnecessary

Animal Abuse is a widespread subject people hear about all the time but never think twice as if it relates to violence in the home as well. Researchers have documented case studies proving the direct relationship between domestic violence and abuse of animals. In a Wisconsin study, it showed that 68 percent of women who had lived with abusive partners, the pets were also abused. The ethic of caring for animals also applies to the same ethic of caring for your own. The psychological link is the abuser trying to ensure control and enforce submission of the family whilst creating a fearful environment for both the animal and the victims. A case study in Texas proved batterers who also abused pets had

crimes and can help get criminals off the streets "Reporting, investigating, and prosecuting animal cruelty can help take dangerous criminals off the streets. Police know that in homes where animal abuse is a problem, other issues are often concurrent. Of 36 convicted multiple murderers questioned in one study, 46% admitted committing acts of animal torture as adolescents. " ( Humane Society, 2011). If more people started mistreatment and abuse of animals we could stop a very big chunk of people that could murder and assault others in the future and in the process stop and bring awareness to the neglect, mistreatment, and abuse of the animals we have sitting at home right

Everyday an innumerable amount of animals are brought into pounds and shelters because their owners abused them. Imagine your dog or other pet, alone on the streets at night battered with bruises and gashes, and hungry fighting for its life. Around 7.6 million animals die like this. Some of these animals that have been abused could end up in a shelter or in a pound if it's lucky. Some never get out and die in a pound or shelter because they can’t find a forever home. Did you know that all 50 states consider animal cruelty a felony in one form or another but, there is no federal animal cruelty law. Instead, cases are handled on a state by state basis. Animal Cruelty is a appalling and cruel thing that needs to have stricter laws and should be taken more seriously. Some of the worst animal cruelty actions are animal testing, dog fighting and puppy mills.

I will also present interactive or stated questions about the topic on a personal level to see where the audience stands on the topic at hand. I will also demonstrate and present the consequences on what animal abuse and neglect looks like in the perspective on how the animals feel. Sometimes we do not take into consideration the way in which the animal feels because we do not think it has much value but animas have been a sacrificial sacrifice back in ancient times. However, that doesn’t make it right when we decide to abuse, neglect, or mistreat any animal we come into contact with. I hope with my knowledge and support from outside resources I present to you that you can be convinced as to why animal abuse and neglect can be prevented so that the animal can in fact live in a healthy and substantial

This problem not only affects animals, it affects their owners and abusers as well, one example was jeffrey dahmer, also known as the milwaukee cannibal, had abused animals when he was younger and as he grew older had moved on to people. The effects on animals is both physical and mental, their mental wounds made the animals untrusting and more likely to attack people, their physical wounds are scars and burns from chemicals that were poured on them and some had severed limbs because of how bad some of their wounds were. There have been many thing done to stop animal abuse, such as that in the United States it was made illegal to abuse animals and in Hawaii people can call the HPD when they think an animals being abused. As Milan Kundera said,”Humanity is true moral test, its fundamental test… consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy:

Animal abuse is a global issue most people are inclined to ignore. We don’t wonder of its origin or of its consequences, and surely don't relate it to domestic violence at home. However, psychological researchers have recently documented case studies, that in fact show a relationship between domestic violence and the abuse of animals. Researchers questioned a load of battered women as to what extent would you go to protect your pets? Statistically, a quarter to about half of abuse victims are unable to escape abusive situations because they worry about what will happen to their pets once they leave. Research indicates that intentional cruelty on animals correlates back to not only domestic abuse but also other crimes as well social or mental health dilemmas.

I have chosen animal abuse for my PSA topic because I love animals and would like to educate myself and others in hopes to finding a way to stop the cruelty. In researching this topic, I was saddened with the discovery that while there are laws that protect animals and those violating these laws may be prosecuted, there are so many cases that are never reported or taken seriously enough. The PSA includes the pernicious acts towards animals in the everyday life of human beings.