Animal Cruelty And Family Violence
For the past few years, I have been interested in learning about the
problems society can face or do face; when it comes to animal cruelty and family
violence. Even for a good amount of American families the family pet is loved and cared
for. For others, it is a terrible thing to think about; but it happens. For many years, there
has been a lot of issues families face when they witness animal cruelty. It is worse in
children; whom witnessed the most animal cruelty and violence against one another in
their homes. They learn from everything the parents do and may act upon it later on in
life. That is one of the main concerns that animal cruelty and family violence becomes a
problem. Usually in this case, the results at the end never come out positive.
I have learned so much after studying and researching over the internet,
reading books from the library, or asking professionals. Professionals like, veterinarians,
veterinarian technicians, animal behaviorist, and animal shelter workers. On a particular
website, I found something on "The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence." It was
an article from A National Survey of shelters for women who are battered. Also, who
witnessed animal cruelty in their homes before they were battered. I read the article and
found it quit interesting. Here is a part of what I found:
"A moment later Francine heard Nicky screaminÂ…'Nicky's cry was so
hard she couldn't talk. I'd never heard a child cry like that. I Â…held her in my arms until
she calmed down enough to tell me what had happened. Mickey (Francine's husband)
had warned her that if he found the cat on the porch he'd wring its neck. When he caught
her with it...
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