Statistics on Animal Cruelty
- Each year, 10,000 bull dogs die in bullfighting.
- Women in abusive relationships often don't leave their abuser because they worry what will happen to their pet if they leave.
- 13% of animal abuse involves domestic violence.
- 70% of animal abusers also have records of other crimes.
- 3 to 4 million cats and dogs (young, healthy and adoptable) are euthanized every year in shelters.
- Animals that aren't euthanized are often sent to no-kill shelters where the animals are caged for days, weeks, months or years and the animals risk becoming insane and dying of loneliness.
- Millions of day-old male chicks are killed in a high capacity macerator because they are worthless to the egg industry.
- In the United States alone, 1.13 million animals are used in testing and research every year.
- More than 15 million warm blooded animals are used in research world wide.
- Scientists estimate that 100 species of animals go extinct every day ( ASPCA L.A.)
What to Look for in Animal Abuse and Cruelty in Cats and Dogs:
- Malnutrition
- Hair Loss
- Unexplained injuries, health problems or permanent disabilities
- Being left in extreme heat for more than 15 minutes
- Animal Hoarding
- Engaging in dog or cock fighting or attending the "games"
- Shock collar, electric fences and prong collar training (ASPCA L.A.)
There are two types of cruelty inflicted on animals by humans. These
include passive cruelty and active cruelty. Passive cruelty involves cases of
neglect. Here it is generally lack of action to prevent pain and suffering of
the animal. Starvation, dehydration, improper shelter, etc. are types of passive
cruelty. Active cruelty are malicious acts where the abuser intentionally harms
the animal. The animal is beaten, whipped, burned and even branded by the
abuser. As you can see, many times it leads to death of the animal. An animal
can be tortured in various ways that includes the following barbarous and brutal
ways of the soulless abusers:
Shooting
Animal
fighting
Torturing
Beating
Mutilation
Throwing
Burning
Neglect
Starvation
Emaciation
Poisoning
Stabbing
Kicking
Dragging
Hanging
Running
over with vehicle
Animal sexual abuse
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/animal-abuse-statistics.html (By Batul Nafisa Baxamusa)
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