Animal Abuse

Statistics• Animal cruelty is often broken

down into two main categories: active/commision and passive/omission.

Statistics• Animal abusers start as young

as age 10.

• People age 31-40 abuse animals the most.

• More males abuse animals than women.

• Examples of neglect are starvation, dehydration, parasite infestations, allowing a collar to grow into an animal’s skin.

Underfed Dog

More examples of neglect

• Inadequate shelter in extreme weather conditions, and failure to seek veterinary care when an animal needs medical attention.

Statistics• The most common type of animal

cruelty is neglect or abandonment

StatisticsAnimal fighting which can be used with any animals, is usually fatal.

Statistics• 10.5% increase in animal cruelty

investigations by the RSPCA (122,454 in 2006)

• 7.6% increase in animal rescues and collections (164,110)

Animal Abuse groups

• American Humane

• PETA

• Voices For Pets

Bibliography

• http://www.k9magazine.com/viewarticle.php?sid=15&aid=2149

• http://www.pet-abuse.com/

• http://www.voicesforpets.org/

• www.peta.org/