Animal Abuse
Signs and Prevention
What is animal abuse?
Animal abuse is the maltreatment of any animal. This includes shooting, fighting, and killing. Dogs and cats across the world are beaten, starved, shot, kicked, abandoned,, or even skinned for their fur.
How serious is it?
Every year, an estimated 1 million animals are abused. Every 60 seconds, a dog is abused.
Dogfighting
Dogs are thrown into dogfights, continuously riding the vicious cycle of fighting until they are killed by either their owners or another dog.
Animal Shelter
Out of the 8-12 million animals that enter animal shelters each year, only 3 million get adopted. The remaining animals are euthanized.
Animal Abuse with Family Violence
How can we help?
Go to your local shelter and adopt your own furry friend today.
Even if you cannot adopt a pet, anything from donating blankets or money to a local shelter can help an animal’s living condition improve drastically. Any amount of money can help your local shelters and spreading the word can help so many more shelter animals.