Animal Cruelty Statistics

According to Pet-Abuse.com and the AARDAS Project

 

The statistics represented here reflect animals connected to particular crime types, and in some cases the animal was not a victim of that particular cruelty type.
Read more: Pet-Abuse.Com - Animals by Cruelty Type http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/cruelty_database/statistics/animals_by_cruelty_type.php#ixzz13YNjAtAt

It amazes me the animals that get abused in this country daily. Cats and dogs, pit-bull and non pit-bull, get abused the most, with horses coming in third. If you go to the link above, you can select the type of cruelty to get a break down of the statistic above. Some of the types that surprised me were bestiality, burning, hanging, and throwing. Of course there are the usual types that we hear about such as beating, fighting, hoarding, kicking, and neglect. There is also a "unclassified" and "other" type and it makes me wonder what goes into those categories.

Nearly 65% of cruelty to chickens is due to chicken fighting and almost 50% of cruelty to pit-bulls is due to dog fighting. How can someone get pleasure from an animals pain? I can not grasp the concept of watching two animals fight to the death and enjoying it. If I see two animals fighting, my first instinct would be to get them away from each other. If someone likes watching two animals kill each other, what does that say about them? This is not a lifestyle that I approve of, let alone would put up with.

Animal hoarding is another big problem. About 35% of cruelty to cats comes from hoarding them. Dogs and cats are the animals that people usually hoard. Not only is this unsanitary, but it is also unhealthy for the animals. If animals are hoarded, they usually do not get their needs met and usually are living in their own fecal matter and are not getting the proper food and water amounts every day. It is very rare to find an animal hoarder that has better living conditions.

Neglect and abandonment has the biggest effect on dogs. Nearly 40% of cruelty to dogs that are non pit-bulls comes from abandonment and neglect. This to me is just heart breaking. I do not see how someone can just abandon or neglect an animal. If they are unable to raise the animal or do not want it, they should find someone who does. It is so sad to hear about animals dying because they are neglected or abandoned because you know that the animal could have had a chance with someone else.

Something I do not want to spend to much time on because it is something that is really disturbing to me but it really surprised me. Nearly 1% of cruelty to dogs, nearly 2% of cruelty to horses, goats, pigs, cows, and deer, and nearly 8% of cruelty to sheep comes from bestiality. Other animals that this effects are chickens, marine animals, and rodents/small mammals. That is both surprising and disturbing to me.

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Horse Roundup

I have always been an animal lover and I would have to say that horses are my favorite animal. Many people do not see them as pets because they are not your normal house pet. There are thousands of wild horses in the deserts on the border of California and Nevada. There are nearly 40,000 horses over a spread of 10 states.

One groups method of roundup involves using helicopters to drive mustangs into traps. More than 1,200 horses have been captured during the roundup. The Bureau of Land Management is overseeing the roundup. They state that the roundups are humane and that the wild horse population needs to be reduced.

In 1971, Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act was passed. This law protected the wild horse population and made it illegal for cowboys to roundup horses on their own for profit or sport. Horses that are captured are offered for adoption but right now the demand for horses are low and the cost of feed is high. Because of this, the government usually ends up quartering them on large private ranches mainly in Kansas and Oklahoma.

I have a special place in my heart for horses and feel that rounding them up the way they are is completely unacceptable. They should be able to live their life just as other animals are able to. Something should be done to stop these roundups!

Learn more at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/06/us/06horses.html?_r=1&ref=cruelty_to_animals

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Animal Cruelty and Tradition

There are many practices that are used on animals that people believe heal their wounds, but actually make them worse or do not let them heal at all. Some of the examples I am going to talk about are pretty bad. I do not even see where someone can believe that it would heal a wound. It should be obvious that the practices would be harmful to the animals.

This is one example of a practice that is tradition that uses battery acid and is believed to dry a wound out and speed up the healing process.

How can we stop these practices?Free veterinary services across Africa and the Middle East are provided so working animals with injuries inflicted from curelty can be treated.

I believe that people with beliefs such as these need to be informed other wise. Acts such as these are not healing, they are damaging. Working animals need our help. Read more practices at the following link. Some may surprise you.

Animal Cruelty and Tradition

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The Life of Rico

This is the story of Rico, a pit bull who was raised and trained by a man that wanted him to be a fighter. This man would do horrible things to Rico such as force him to run long distances with chains wrapped around his neck. I could not even imagine the pain that this would cause. One day during one of Rico's long runs, this man did something to Rico that would change his life forever.

On this day, Rico collapsed.in the middle of a public beach in Mexico. The man started yelling and shouting at Rico to continue the run but Rico was not able to do so. The man then used a knife to cut out Rico's tongue and proceeded to throw it into the ocean. Because there was many onlookers, the police were called immediately and a veterinarian was rushed to the scene.

Rico was rushed to surgery and hours later awoke with a wagging tail. He began training to learn how to be a companion instead of a fighter. He was taught to obey simple commands, walk on a leash, and to enjoy play without the fear.

Because of the Give Some Life Foundation ( http://givesomelife.com/gsl/ ), Rico quickly learned how to eat and drink. He even learned a new way to show affection. Rico is currently in the care of the Even Chance Pit Bull Advocacy, Resources, and Rescue ( http://evenchance.org/Even_Chance/Welcome_to_Even_Chance.html ).

It is hard to change the negative views the people have about pit bulls but it is people like this that make those views possible in the first place. People have to remember that any dog can be violent if they are raised to be that way. A dog doesn't become violent without the help of someone teaching it to be that way. And if a pit bull is violent, it is always possible for it to change its ways.

There is a petition called "Demand Justice for Dog Shot at D.C. Festival" on the same page as my article. The petition needs 25,000 signatures so if you read the article attached and would be interested in signing it, it would be greatly appreciated. There are also many other petitions on the page if you have some spare time and would like to go through them.

http://animals.change.org/blog/view/tongueless_pit_bull_teaches_resiliency_and_forgiveness#

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