The article Animal Cruelty is written by American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the article start of by quoting the ASPCA and its definition of of what Animal Cruelty entitles. According to the APSCA, animal cruelty is, “Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty.” One form of animal cruelty mentioned in the article is intentional abuse, this happens when a person hurts an animal physically causing serious injury or even death. Neglect is also considered cruelty failing to provide your pet with basic necessities like water, food and an appropriate living environment. Unfortunately, most neglect comes from lack of education and proper animal raising techniques. Individuals are not the only perpetrators of animal crimes, larger institutions are also at fault. There are large scale dog fighters, canned hunting preserves, and puppy mills. Animal cruelty is not a new practice. It goes back to its historic roots where dogs were trained to fight each other for entertainment. Dog on dog combat became a cheaper form of entertainment in Europe. Cruelty extended beyond entertainment purposes. It made its way into life on the farm and became a large scale problem with the practice of larger farming institutions. Luckily, today there are regulations thanks to groups like the Certified Humane. Animals must have the ability to have freedom to roam and engage in natural acts, be raised with enough living space, have access to a water source, have protection from weather, and owners must poses educated knowledge on taking care of their life stock.
One horrible form of cruelty the articles discuses is, “video crushing”. In which baby animals are physically crushed by women wearing heels and filmed. Luckily congress has banned and made this from of “entertainment”, illegal. The internet spawned a mass of animal cruelty due to the shock factor of the videos that made many people tune in to watch. The Crush Act is still in effect and stops these sites from popping up but it is hard to bring these people to justice due to their ability to hide in the virtual world.
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