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Animal CrueltyBy: Sierra Melli

What is Animal Cruelty?

Animal cruelty is when someone hurts an animal or fails to care for an animal properly.Neglecting an animals medical needs, such as giving the animal food and water or taking it to the veterinarian when it needs it, is animal cruelty.Animal cruelty can be seen throughout the world and not just with domesticated pets.Animal cruelty is also known as animal abuse or animal neglect.This issue is something that is happening now, nearly everyday throughout the world.

Examples of Animal Cruelty

Why is Animal Cruelty Worth Looking Into?

• It can help raise awareness.

• People who know about animal cruelty can help to stop it from happening.

• It shows people that there is more to do then just stand by and thinking that there is nothing you can do.

• Knowledge about the topic can help animals that are on their way to extinction.

• People could get to know other forms of animal abuse.

Potential Questions• Is animal abuse illegal?• Is there anyone trying to stop

this?• What can I do to help?• What animals can be victims of

abuse?• Who abuses animals?• Can animal cruelty be stopped? • Does this happen all over the

world?

Types of Research Available

• Law journals on animal rights

• Books• Commercials from

rescue organizations• Databases• Website articles• Blogs• Academic Journals

Places to Research Animal Abuse

• The ASPCA organization website (https://www.aspca.org/)

• The Humane Society’s website has an information page (http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/abuse_neglect/?referrer=https://www.google.com/)

• Paws (http://www.paws.org/kids/learn/animal-cruelty/)

• Academic Search Premiere Database (http://eds.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/advanced?sid=66fda4cc-370b-48d3-b408-2e9df1bd5110%40sessionmgr4003&vid=0&hid=4105)

• Any animal rescue organization.

• Your local library.• A veterinary

hospital

Problems and Challenges of Animal Cruelty

Problems• Extreme levels of abuse

such as poaching can cause extinction.

• Not everyone is interested in the issue.

• Even making the abuse illegal will not always stop people from continuing the harm.

Challenges• Making animal abuse

completely illegal.• Stopping people from

hurting animals.• Stopping poaching

completely.• Being able to fully protect

all animals from the danger of cruelty.