Stricter Animal Cruelty Laws Needed
There is a frightening connection between animal abuse and human violence.
As the American Humane Association once quoted, "Animal cruelty problems are people problems. When animals are abused, people are at risk."
If abusing an animal isn't bad enough, it has been noticed the horrifying connections it has with domestic abuse and influencing a child's development.
The current animal cruelty laws should be made stricter and enforced with harsher consequences. Once an individual is convicted of physically abusing an animal, they should be prohibited from owning a pet forever, not just for a few months or a few years. Children who are responsible for animal abuse should be required to regularly see a psychiatrist so they can learn to handle their problems in a non aggressive manner and so they can properly understand why what they did was wrong and grow to be an empathetic adult. And as for adults that are fully conscious of their actions, they should be charged larger fines and longer imprisonment terms to really discourage abusive behavior before it affects more than just animals.
Really consider what is at stake. There are seriously no disadvantages to creating stricter animal abuse laws. Everyone, not just animals and animal lovers, will see the many benefits to making these changes.
If abusing an animal isn't bad enough, it has been noticed the horrifying connections it has with domestic abuse and influencing a child's development.
The current animal cruelty laws should be made stricter and enforced with harsher consequences. Once an individual is convicted of physically abusing an animal, they should be prohibited from owning a pet forever, not just for a few months or a few years. Children who are responsible for animal abuse should be required to regularly see a psychiatrist so they can learn to handle their problems in a non aggressive manner and so they can properly understand why what they did was wrong and grow to be an empathetic adult. And as for adults that are fully conscious of their actions, they should be charged larger fines and longer imprisonment terms to really discourage abusive behavior before it affects more than just animals.
Really consider what is at stake. There are seriously no disadvantages to creating stricter animal abuse laws. Everyone, not just animals and animal lovers, will see the many benefits to making these changes.
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