Five to seven million dogs are abused every year, all over the world. They don’t need to go through this. It is unnecessary and unwanted. But what kind of abuse are we trying to stop? And how do we do it?
Some people abuse their pets in order to feel more in control or powerful. Others abuse them because of their personality or physiological disorders. A problem seen most often is when the owner of the pet abuses the dog because they have no inner conscience or thought of it being wrong.
Animal cruelty has many forms, many reasons, and most importantly, many victims. It is a growing problem in today’s society. Many people may wonder why people abuse animals. The thought is simple, but the answer is a little more complex.
There are three main types of animal cruelty. The three reasons are as follows: unintentional, intentional, and cruel intentions. I will discuss each one in more detail.
Many people who abuse animals do not realize that they are actually hurting animals. This is known as unintentional abuse. When some people try to discipline their pets, they use tactics that they think are acceptable, when in reality, it is probably not the best way. People also abuse animals due to lack of attention, such as forgetting to feed and water them for a number of days.
A family may take the animals with them when they leave the house, and forget to leave a window down with the animals inside.
One of the biggest unintentional ways of animal cruelty is a way that many people think is helpful but actually has a negative impact on all of the animals involved. This idea is trying to take in more animals than one can handle. They have good intentions but this is harmful to animals because it forces them to live in unhealthy conditions.
Most of the animals found on the street were abandoned. The majority of these animals are either cats or dogs. Abandoned dogs, those animals left without supervision, reproduce, breeding puppies that are also not wanted and are mistreated as well as neglected.
There are those people, however, that DO abuse animals on purpose. This is known as "intentional abuse." Many of the people guilty of this are people of the younger generation.
Cruelty and neglect cross all social and economic boundaries, and media reports suggest that animal abuse is common in both rural and urban areas.
Intentional cruelty to animals is strongly correlated with other crimes, including violence against people.
Hoarding behavior often victimizes animals. Sufferers of a hoarding disorder may impose severe neglect on animals by housing far more than they are able to adequately take care of. Serious animal neglect is often an indicator of people in need of social or mental health services.
The animals whose abuse is most often reported are mostly dogs. Undercover investigations have revealed that animal abuse abounds in the factory farm industry. But because of the weak protections afforded to livestock under state cruelty laws, only the most shocking cases are reported, and few are ever prosecuted.
In conclusion, I hope to have shed some new light on just what animal cruelty is and what it consists of. I hope that with this information, people will be more open to what they see.
Hopefully, this information will cut down on animal abuse and will make people watch out for mistreatment of animals. I hope that people will think twice before abusing animals. Animals DO have feelings.
They may not be able to talk and tell us where it hurts, but they do feel pain just like us.
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