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Abusing
Human and
Other-than-Human Animals
Cruelty
to Animals May Lead to Child Abuse
KHAS TV, feature — April 2007
They are promoting awareness about the
fact that many acts of cruelty to animals eventually
lead to abuse of children...
Animal
Cruelty
Claie Webster, Hornet, editorial — November
2006
It
is obvious that animal cruelty is wrong and serves no purpose,
but apparently it is not obvious enough. The
law is not just, and it will never be because animals cannot
talk and are viewed as inferior. But are they really so
meaningless to our society that they should be so easily
tossed aside?...
Reporting
Animal Abuse
Cynda K. Kirk, BellaOnline, essay — November
2005
While
some agencies will accept anonymous information, cases are often moved through
quicker with people who are willing to identify themselves and even testify in
court, should the need arise...
County
Focuses on Animal Abuse:
Task Force to Aid Police, Prosecutors
Linda Helser, The Arizona Republic, feature — June
2005
It's
a case of simple math. If
you bring together more enlightened prosecutors and police
through a newly formed animal cruelty task force, then
you can put away more abusers of innocent creatures...
If
Your Kid is Torturing Animals, We've All Got a Problem
The Desert Sun, commentary — April
2005
When
children abuse animals they may be modeling the behavior
of parents — reacting to anger and frustration
with violence. The parents direct their violence toward
the weaker, helpless member of the household — the
child — who then directs his feelings of anger
and helplessness to something even less vulnerable
than himself...
Animal
Abusers May Be Warming Up For More
Phyllis Daugherty, Daily News, investigation
— February 2005
Unimpeded
acts of violence beget acts of increased violence.
To the depraved person who feels powerful and in
control only while inflicting pain or death, that "high" must
continually be sustained by more heinous or morbid
acts...
How
You Can Help Victims of Domestic Violence
Michelle Rivera, essay — 2004
Studies
show that 28% of the women who call battered women’s
shelter hotlines delay going into the shelter because
they are reluctant to leave their animals at home,
at risk for potential abuse...
Criminologists
Find Link Between Animal Cruelty, Later Violence
Associated Press, feature — 2004
The
study of 45 violent inmates in Florida prisons and
45 prisoners serving time for drug and property offenses
found more than half of the violent offenders had committed
animal cruelty as children. By comparison, just 20
percent of the nonviolent offenders had a history of
attacking animals...
Pets
Used as Pawns by Abusers
Stephanie Todd, BC News Online Scotland,
feature — August 2004
Help
is at hand for women, children and men to escape from abusive
partners. But
a growing number of cases have shown that a women will
be scared to leave partly because of her guilt at leaving
a family pet behind...
Animal
Victims/Human Victims:
Reports from Polie Case Files
Vasu Murti, courtesy of All-Creatures.org, essay
Richard
Allen Davis set numerous cats on fire. He killed
all of Polly Klaus' animals before abducting & murdering
Polly Klaus, aged 12, from her bedroom... Henry Lee Lucas
killed numerous animals and had sex with their corpses.
He killed his mother, common law wife and an unknown
number of people...
The
Links Between Child Abuse and Animal Abuse
National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
investigation — October
2001
Violence against animals
cannot be dismissed or treated as an isolated problem.
Rather, acts of animal abuse should be considered within
the context of a much wider picture of family violence...
What
We Know About the Link Between Animal Abuse and Human
Violence
Mary Lou Randour, Psychologists for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals, feature
The
FBI’s investigation into the childhood of serial
killers, and their discovery of juvenile animal abuse
in most of these cases, drew the public’s
attention to this link initially...
Battered
Women's Reports of Their Parents' and Their Children's
Cruelty to Animals
Frank R. Ascione, PhD, Journal of Emotional
Abuse, investigation — 1998
Of
the women reporting current or past pet ownership,
71% reported that their partner had threatened and/or
actually hurt or killed one or more of their pets.
Actual (as distinct from threatened) harm to pets represented
the majority (57%) of reports...
Where
Violence Begins:
Animal Industries and the Cult of Aggression
Irwin Feldman, commentary
As
children we learn that animals can be exploited for human benefit. We quickly
grasp the reason: they can't defend themselves. Might makes right is the foundation
of our interspecies relations...
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