In 2012, it was recorded that more than 20 percent of animals were being abandoned in the streets, and they were left alone to die. More than 10 percent of animals were used for hoarding and around 11 percent were shot. Some innocent animals are even being burned alive some specific reasons, like they don’t function properly, or they are injured. However, some animals are burned and killed just for fun. We should stand up and fight against animal cruelty. Another statistic from the internet source called intellectualtakeout.org showed us that around 64.5 percent of the animals victimized from animal cruelty are dogs, 18 percent are cats, and 25 percent are other animals. What happened to the referral of “Man’s best friend”? Why did it turn into “Man’s number one animal to torture”? Not only are there intentional and unintentional cruelty behaviors, there are cruelty behaviors that apply at a national level, a societal level, or an individual level (Gullone 2). This is …show more content…
One of them is to report animal cruelty to the police department. Some people don’t know that animal cruelty can lead to years of jail or a high fine. However, some people do know that it is dangerous to do animal cruelty and do it for fun. The second way to prevent animal cruelty is to teach children, family, and friends that animal cruelty is a wrong thing to do. If you start telling people around you that it is a bad idea to treat animals cruelty, then there is a high chance of them not being involved in animal cruelty and will spread the importance of protecting animals to other people that they know of. Animal cruelty is a serious issue in this world. In fact, animals are going through cruelty every 60 seconds every day. We should help prevent animal