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Animal Cruelty Leads To Human Violence

Animal cruelty encompasses a range of different behaviors harmful to animals,
from neglect to malicious, brutal killings. Studies show that animal cruelty may lead to
more serious forms of crime, like heavy drug use, violent outbursts, and most common,
cold blooded murder. Many studies in psychology, sociology, and criminology during the
last twenty-five years have demonstrated that violent offenders frequently have childhood
and adolescent histories of serious and repeated animal cruelty. A web page that goes by
the name Animal Alliance says "most cruelty investigated by humane officers, is
unintentional neglect, and can be resolved through education." (3) I was slightly shocked
when I saw this comment. Anyone who puts an animals' life in their hands, has a
responsibility to it. You don't just forget to feed him/her, or forget to show them love
unless it is intentional, it get so much worse, though. These people aren't just forgetting
to feed their pets, or give them attention, they're kicking and beating them, poisoning and
butchering these poor creatures, and what makes me sick to my stomach, is that some of
these people do it for fun!! I recently ran across a link to a web page that contained a
online petition to put a cat's killers to justice with maximum sentence. This is the article I
found on this brutal torture of an innocent creature.
***WARNING*** (graphic details)
"On October 10, 1999, a beautiful female cat came willingly to the four boys who
stopped on the side of the road and called to her. Her trust was rewarded by unthinkable
terror and cruelty - being used as a tug-of-war toy until the boys heard something "pop",
having her legs broken, being jumped up and down on like a trampoline. Even when her
pitiful battered body was mercifully dead, her suffering was not at an end. The boys then
placed her ravaged body under the wheel of their car, braking over her, as they drove off
to find other amusement. Once...