Animal Abuse

What is animal abuse?                                                                                                                                                                                   

Acts of violence or neglect

perpetrated against animals

are considered animal cruelty.

Many people who witness, or

hear about cruelty, are not

aware that legal action can

be taken to help stop the problem.

In a shocking amount of

abuse cases, those that commit

acts of violence to people,

serial killers,  child abusers, spouse

beaters have a history of animal abuse. 

Facts about animal abuse:

• The FBI considers animal cruelty to be one of the predictors

of violence and considers past animal abuse when profiling serial killers.

• More than 80 percent of families being treated for child abuse were also involved in animal abuse.
• Northeastern University found that 70 percent of all animal abusers have committed at least one other criminal offense and that almost 40 percent had committed violent crimes against people

How to respond to animal abuse:

• If you live or work closely with some on e you trust such as a teacher, camp counselor, or parent, you should tell them immediately.
• if you are informed about animal abuse happening some where, you need to tell the authorities immediately.