Why Is Animal Abuse Wrong

Animal abuse comes in many forms. Some of which people don’t even know. Most people think of animal abuse as just abandoning their cats or dogs out on the streets, but there is more than just that kind of abuse. Some other types of abuse is animal fighting, animal testing, and animal slaughtering. But if animal abuse is so wrong then why does it still exist? What is even worse about animal abuse is some people don't even know the signs of animal abuse. If the animal has a poor body condition, or noticeable trauma, the food or living area of the animal lacks sanitation, the animal is always chained outside, the collar is too tight on the animal’s neck, the animal shows some kinds of signs that it has been taught how to fight, the animal has …show more content…
And of that 7.6 million only 649,000 are returned to their owners. Reasons why people abandoned their animals range from the place they live at, a personal issue, or they simply just don’t want their animal anymore. While an abandoned animal is living on the streets they have no one to depend on but themselves. And then animals that live on the streets also have a higher risk of developing a disease. Also the animals that live out on the streets go untreated for any diseases they have or cancer. The animal also ends up breeding with other animals producing offspring that no one wants. And when that happens the animals that get caught by the animal police get taken to a shelter causing an overpopulation. And then since the animal shelter is overcrowded some animals will end up being put down instead of going into a home.
Animal testing is the second worst type of abuse there is. Over 100 million animal are tested on in labs. The animals are either burned by chemicals, crippled, poisoned, starved, and way much worse. A common type of animal testing is with drugs and cosmetics. The testing is done on the animal to see if this certain type of product is safe enough for humans to use or if it is too dangerous. However it is not as effective because some animals could be immune to the drug and have no affect from it, but a human could have an affect or even death from the …show more content…
The animals don't have a voice, but it is up to their owner to speak for them. All around the world animals are abused and beaten. And it is really sad that some of the signs of animal abuse go unnoticed. So why is animal abuse still around today? Animal abuse is still around today because there is still no clear evidence that it goes on. But somehow the process which animals go through that are slaughtered for food is humane. And animal fighting that still continues today is against the law and is in fact illegal. Abandoning animals and leaving them out on the streets is so wrong, especially since they depend on their owner to get them food and water and shelter, also protection. Then you have the animal testing that takes place. Scientists are torturing innocent animals by doing all these different kinds of test, chemicals that aren't even meant to be consumed, soaps and perfumes, and especially drugs. Some of the animals could be immune to the medicine and it not affect them at all but hurt humans, or it could have a bad affect to animals but no effect to humans. People need to open their eyes and realize that all these things that is happening to the animals that we do to them needs to be