Animal Abuse is Unacceptable

Animal Cruelty

Danger, fear, pain, suffering, torture. These are all things that abused animals feel. “Animal cruelty is the human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense or survival” (Brown). Every day there are animals that are abused, abandoned, or required to struggle for survival. Left in unhygienic environments with no water or food, they have little hope as they live out their days without the love they deserve. Animal cruelty is like having a disease without a cure; there isn’t any help for the victims. Since animals cannot speak for themselves there are many forms of animal abuse that people overlook such as physical abuse, neglecting, experimenting, animal hoarding, organized abuse, and even sexual abuse.

Physical abuse is one of the main forms of abuse that happens towards animals. Most of the time, it is very obvious when an animal is being abused. There are different types of physical abuse such as torture, torment, harsh beating and cruel carnage. There are also different types of tormenting. Someone can be tormenting an animal by pestering, screaming, or threatening physical violence. Now in some cases it may be hard to tell if an animal is being abused because the normal signs that usually show such as bruises can be covered by their fur. If this is the case the person searching should look for other visible signs such as “limping, swelling of the body, bloody urine, and broken teeth” (Brown). Other signs may be flinching, fear biting, timidity, or hand shyness. Over the years many researchers have come to the conclusion that most of the time animal abuse takes place in households that have domestic violence. People from Society and Animals interviewed women w...

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...uld abuse animals, there are still laws that deal with animal abuse. The laws for animal abuse should be and need to be taken in to greater deliberation and when considered they need to be used and respected properly. Abuse is only one thing but people can help with stopping this crime by just not perpetrating the crime and showing what the right way to treat animals is. Animal abuse is all around the world and every time an animal is hurt who is to really blame? So when looking at animal abuse in different ways it should always be taken seriously and is always wrong. Let us be the dominant and powerful human beings of this world, but sacrificing the life of hundreds to save one is just not right. There are lots of other ways. Killing, no matter who it is, is horrible. So let us stop this madness called animal abuse and contribute to a much better future for us all.