While the subject matter is upsetting and something we do not like to think about, being aware of our surroundings and the issues animals face is crucial to making strides to protect animals.
He intervened to stop the abuse. This was a huge moment for Bergh, realizing that this act could help inspire change on a grander scale. When he returned home to New York, he was determined to stop this cruelty and abuse towards animals. A long list of actions and environments would be considered animal cruelty. It can be a gradual build-up of someone hoarding animals or that dog that never gets left inside to cool off in the summer or to warm up in the winter.
Dog and cock-fighting are two other instances of cruel and illegal activities involving animals. As animal lovers, we should always be on the lookout for instances of suffering animals like these and find a way to help. You may not be able to intervene as promptly as Henry Bergh did in nor should you get in any physical altercation but there are other opportunities to help an animal in need.
The dogs that are used for fighting are almost always raised in isolation, in small confined places, chained and fed with anabolic steroids so they can gain muscle mass.
These dogs have their tails docked and ears cropped for the fighting. This is done to minimize the areas where the other dog can grab them during the fights. Because dogfighting is illegal everywhere, and the owners cannot take the dogs for ear cropping and tail docking at the veterinarian to be done properly, they do it by themselves without anesthesia and with inhumane techniques. Only the winner dog gets medical care. Puppy mills are facilities where dogs are bred to the extent where the profit is more important than the welfare of the dogs and their genetic diversity.
Puppies from puppy mills are very often with low-quality genes and almost always with congenital diseases. These facilities keep their dogs in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, usually in cages, sometimes cages stacked in columns.
The puppies are always sold at a very young age, 8 weeks or less, to pet shops, over the internet, or through newspaper ads. You can never go to the breeder and buy the puppy there.
The dogs kept in puppy mills lack adequate veterinary care, food, water, and proper socialization. Because of the inability to provide adequate care, nutrition, veterinary care, and socialization, this type of animal keeping is considered as abuse. Usually, these people are not aware that they are hurting the animals, and actually, they believe that they are helping them.
Project dedicated to support and help to improve Veterinary Medicine. Reporting animal abuse in your community helps safeguards your home, your family, and your neighbors from violent crime. Not all animal abuse is malicious, however. Some people have psychological conditions that make them feel compelled to help animals, even when they are physically unable to care for them. But the end result is still devastating to the animals and requires intervention.
And in some cases, animal cruelty can be subtle and hard to recognize. A cowering dog may have rescued from an abusive situation yet still associated yelling with abuse. A cat battling a fleas infestation may be allergic or sensitive to traditional treatments and his owner may be using a holistic treatment that kills the fleas in stages. Failing to meet the needs of an animal, through proper nutrition, hydration, medical care, or socialization, is considered abuse in most cases, but recognizing animal abuse is often difficult.
For example, in Ohio, animal cruelty is defined as:. Any fines collected from this offense shall be paid to the society or association for the prevention of cruelty to animals, if there be such in the county, township, or municipal corporation where such violation occurred. Exemptions are made for scientific research, veterinary care, dogs used for hunting or field trials, farming and veterinary care.
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