“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” – Dalai Lama. Animals have been around for approximately 560 million years. However, people have started to treat them and act upon them in malicious ways. There are ways to prevent this, ways for citizens to educate themselves about this situations, and for prosecutions to be made.
What is animal cruelty? Animal cruelty is the intentional and unintentional infliction of harm and/or suffering on an animal, regardless of any of the laws against it. These inflictions include, neglect, hoarding, shooting, fighting, beating, mutilation, throwing, stabbing, burning, and vehicular (How to Stop). According to the article “Animal Cruelty Facts and Stats”, those who intentionally abuse animals are mostly men under 30, while those involved in animal hoarding are more likely to be women over 60 years old. However, there are no limitations when it comes to areas of living. Did you know that the most common cases of animal cruelty are on cats, dogs, horses, and livestock? It is said that 70.1% involved dogs, 20.9% involved cats, and 24.1% involved other animals (Animal Cruelty Facts). Undercover cases have shown that animal cruelty is very large in numbers in the factory and farm industries. But because of the weak protections …show more content…
One way this situation can be prevented is if people know the signs. Some common signs are no shelter, a too tight collar, lack of grooming, mange, and starvation (Animal Abuse). Also, felony penalties have been added to anti-cruelty laws that are currently being used in states across the country. Although people can do physical things to prevent animal cruelty and people can go to the law to prevent it, the key to preventing it is education. Education is key because if people are educated then people will know exactly how to approach the
What is animal cruelty? Animal cruelty is the intentional and unintentional infliction of harm and/or suffering on an animal, regardless of any of the laws against it. These inflictions include, neglect, hoarding, shooting, fighting, beating, mutilation, throwing, stabbing, burning, and vehicular (How to Stop). According to the article “Animal Cruelty Facts and Stats”, those who intentionally abuse animals are mostly men under 30, while those involved in animal hoarding are more likely to be women over 60 years old. However, there are no limitations when it comes to areas of living. Did you know that the most common cases of animal cruelty are on cats, dogs, horses, and livestock? It is said that 70.1% involved dogs, 20.9% involved cats, and 24.1% involved other animals (Animal Cruelty Facts). Undercover cases have shown that animal cruelty is very large in numbers in the factory and farm industries. But because of the weak protections …show more content…
One way this situation can be prevented is if people know the signs. Some common signs are no shelter, a too tight collar, lack of grooming, mange, and starvation (Animal Abuse). Also, felony penalties have been added to anti-cruelty laws that are currently being used in states across the country. Although people can do physical things to prevent animal cruelty and people can go to the law to prevent it, the key to preventing it is education. Education is key because if people are educated then people will know exactly how to approach the