PLEASE READ-IF YOU SEE ANIMAL ABUSE-REPORT IT---- More than 80 percent of family members being treated for child abuse also had abused animals. In two-thirds of these cases, an abusive parent had killed or injured a pet. In one-third of the cases, a child victim continued the cycle of violence by abusing a pet. National and state studies have established that from 54 to 71 percent of women seeking shelter from abuse reported that their partners had threatened, injured or killed one or more family pets. The FBI sees animal cruelty as a predictor of violence against people and considers past animal abuse when profiling serial killers. A 1997 study….found that 70 percent of animal abusers had committed at least one other crime. Almost 40 percent had committed violent crimes against people.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:22:21 +0000
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