Categories of Animal Cruelty

The two categories of animal cruelty are active (comission) and passive (omission).

Active cruelty, or acts of comission, starts with malicious intent. Malicious intent is sometimes referred to as NAI, Non-Accidental Injury. It means that a person has intentionally caused harm to an animal. Acts of intentional cruelty are very disturbing and they should be considered as signs of very serious psychological problems. A person who partakes in acts of commission may often present sociopathic behavior. People that present this type of behavior should be taken very seriously.

Animal abuse is closely associated with child abuse. Both can take many forms and can occur for many reasons. That is the scary part about abuse. Many times, a parent or someone who is abusive, may kill, or threaten to kill, the household pets to intimidate family members. They may do this to scare someone, such as a child, into sexual abuse, to make them remain silent about previous or current abuse, or simply to psychologically torture the victims by holding their "power" over their victims head.

Passive cruelty are acts of omission. These are cases of neglect. Neglect is a lack of action rather than the action itself. Severe animal neglect on the other hand can cause incredible pain and suffering to an animal.
Neglect may be starvation, dehydration, parasite infestations, allowing a collar to grow into an animal's skin, inadequate shelter in extreme weather conditions, and failure to seek veterinary care when an animal needs medical attention.

 I believe that animal cruelty is a big issue, just like child abuse. They are both big issues and no one knows just how big of an issue it is. Both areas need help.

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