Animal Abuse Needs to Stop!
Why do people abuse animals?
What is Animal abuse?
2 Types of Acts of Animal Abuse
1.Active or intentional abuse: Torture, beating, poisoning, shooting, imprisonment(especially in a poor conditioned area with lack of air, fresh water, food, or cleanliness), Blood sport (Rooster fighting, bullfighting, and dog fighting).
2.Neglect, or long terms of abuse: Not providing food, water, sheltering, or a clean area. Not providing entry to food, water, or sheltering. Not providing good quality shelter from weather conditions. Lack of health care and abandonment or neglect.
Animal Lab Testing and Hoarding are Other Causes
In the year of 2014 a veterinarian was charged with animal cruelty.
it all started when a family ( the Harris family) from Aledo, Texas, filed a complaint after discovering their dog, Sid, who had been alive at the clinic for several months after they were told he was euthanized. Eventually the Harris family filed a $1 million lawsuit against the abuser to regain the medical expenses , and ease the emotional damages.
Geoffrey Peterson from Dunlap, Tennessee, was pleaded guilty with three felonies aggravated to animal abuse for having 60 dogs and other animals in horrible conditions at his home. His plea holds a five year prison sentence and a ban on owning animals for fives years. The dogs (along with the other animals) have been rescued, and treated given the attention and compassion they deserve from rescue partners.
The FBI Steps In
Puppies
Facts
Of 1,880 cruelty cases reported in the media in 2007:
-64.5% involved dogs
-18% involved cats
-25% involved other animals
Pit-bulls represent an increasing percentage of total canine animal cruelty cases.
In 2000 and 2001 Pit-bulls were the victims in 13% of reported dog abuses. In 2007 it was 25%.
Dog fighting begun in the U.S. after the civil war, with professional pits increasing in the 1800s, and was a source of entertainment for police officers and firemen.
More than 50% fur in the U.S. comes from china, were millions of dogs and cats are often bled to death and skinned alive for their fur.
Bull fighting is a very famous animal "sport" enjoyed by many people. The bulls often die in front of the audience.