'35 Disturbing Animal Abuse Statistics' By Doris Lin

In the U.s, upwards of ten million pets suffer from animal abuse. Animal abuse usually goes unnoticed but is an extremely serious issue that leads to other forms of abuse and violent crimes. Animal abuse often leads to the animal being wounded or even dying. It is also a precursor to many other forms of abuse and more serious crimes. Many people have even gone as far as to fight or kill over minor bets on dogfighting, cockfighting, and animal sports in general. The following articles call attention to these details and provide more information on animal abuse: The Petpedia article “35 Disturbing animal abuse statistics'' by Aleksandar Hrubenja, and the Treehugger article “animal abuse Facts and Information” by Doris Lin. Animal abuse, if not terminated, will rationally lead to higher rates of domestic violence, assault, and murder. The FBI tracks such reports of animal abuse for the above reason.It is possible to stop it via actions such as donating to animal shelters and relief funds, and volunteering at your local animal shelters.

While abuse is despicable in any situation, severe cases will cause the animal to be severely wounded and from these wounds or from an external cause, perish. Doris Lin, in her Treehugger article “animal abuse facts and Information”, states that “Most cases of animal abuse end with it being too late for the animal, as nearly 75% of animals don’t recover after being rescued”(Lin). As Lin says, even after an animal is saved from their torment, it usually doesn't make it back into normal life. The animal abuse will scar the animal so far that it will die after being rescued, or never be happy again. .abused animals deserve much more than to die from the lasting after effects of