Are Animal Abuse Laws Really Effective?
According to the Humane Society, “The shocking number of cruelty
cases reported daily in the media is only the tip of the iceberg. Most cases
are never reported, and most animal suffering goes unrecognized and unabated.”(Humane Society of The United States)
Hundreds of animals a year suffer through pain so unimaginable to us, so much
physical abuse, that their bodies give up. “In the year 2007, there were around
1,880 animal abuse cases reported.” (Batul Nafisa Baxamusa)
If these the laws that were made to help the abused and deceased animals truly
worked, the number of recorded animal abuse cases would not be reaching that
high. We have these laws created for a reason; which is to reduce and hopefully
stop animal abuse. If the abuse is still occurring, maybe even increasing, then
how effective are the laws? Cold, heartless human beings are harming
their innocent pets and the sad part is half of them get away with it. These
poor, helpless animals do not deserve the pain and punishment they are put
through every day, for doing what? Being loyal and loving their owner? That is
unfair and cruel. No animal deserves to be put through what some of these
animals have had to endure; and they cannot even speak up for themselves. That
is what the laws are for; to stop the animals from the terrible abuse and to be the voices of the animals, but they are doing a
poor job at that.
