There are a lot of facts and studies about animal abuse and most, if not all lead to connection with other types of abuse. People do not know all the types of abuse or what they mean. The effects on the animals are long term and can be severe. People do not know all the laws that there are against it. Whell people we will find out.
There are many types of animal abuse that are out there today. Simple neglect is probably one of the top forms of abuse because of how easy it is to do. What is simple neglect it is the failure to provide a basic core required standard for animals to thrive. Most of this type of abuse happens when people forget or don 't care about their animals. The outcome for the animal in this situation, is …show more content…
This happens a lot among people today unfortunately. Common animals that are hoarded are dogs, cats, and small animals. People come in and take the animals to shelters and try to get them to other families. These animals are happy and can be easy to relocate.
Some of the reasons for animal abuse is that people that have been hurt or feel like they don 't have any power and result in having power over animals. Links have been made by studies and they suggest that people that have been bullied have a higher chance of abusing animals. People that have no power have that chance because of them having more power over the animal it makes them feel good. Normally this is a family pet or stray. This leaves that animal not trusting humans.
Studies have also made a close connection between animal abuse and domestic violence. This may be because domestic violence starts in the home and affects all who are living there. They may start with the pet in the home and then move to there family. Whatever the reasons for the connection it leaves the animal hurt and scared. Normally it will end with the animal going to someone or in a …show more content…
They become aggressive because of the abuse that they went through they got beat or they had to fight and that is what lead them to be aggressive. If they become frightened they will either not get near you or they will lash out at any time. An animal that has a lot of fear are more likely to bite and attack not only people but also other animals. Most abused animals end up in shelters and then on death row because of the abuse that happened.
There are no federal laws against animal cruelty only state. The bad part about that is one state could be hard on the law and one next to it can have barely any laws at all. If there were federal laws they might be hard to pass and to enforce. It would help suppress the inflow of people starting to do it if they knew the consequences. 41 states plus D.C have felony provisions for animal cruelty.
Out of all of the state in the U.S. two stand out the one with the worst abuse laws and the one with the best. Kentucky has the worst laws. That could be because of all the vast amount of country they have and how many people need animals. Even if the state with the best laws is next to them, they still have the worst