Exploring the Links:

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Exploring the Links

• Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence

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The Basic Facts

• What is animal abuse?
• Animal Rights definition
• Law definition
• What is domestic violence?

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The Abuse

• Towards animals
• Animals as a tool to hurt people
• Animals as a target of anger
• Towards people
• Children
• Spouses

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Basic Animal Abuse Stats
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Domestic Abuse Stats

• 1 in 3 US women will experience physical violence
  from a husband or boyfriend in their life
• Domestic violence is present in 60 of marriages
  and is the least reported crime
• Domestic abuse accounts for 1.4 million in
  medical costs annually, and over 900 million in
  mental health treatment
• 95 of battered women say their children were
  present at their beating

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Tying the Violence Together

• In a study by Baldry, published in Criminal
  Behavior and Mental Health (2005),
  preadolescents, with a mean age of 11.73, were
  found to exhibit violence towards animals most
  highly after having witnessed intra-parental
  abuse. The percentages were only slightly lower
  for physical abuse towards the children, but the
  results suggest that there is a connection
  between witnessing violence and practicing animal
  abuse.

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• A national survey of battered women in shelters
  yielded shocking data 85 of women and 63 of
  children disclosed animal abuse in the home they
  had fled.
• Further data from the above study includes 24 of
  abusers preformed acts of animal abuse in front
  of the woman.

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• Studies in New Jersey found that 60 of homes
  studied with child abuse also had pets that were
  abused, with higher percentages in families were
  physical abuse was prevalent.
• Research by Frederich suggest that those sexually
  abused have a substantially higher rate of animal
  abuse.
• FBI research shows a clear linkage between serial
  killers early acts of mutilation and violence
  towards animals and their later escalation to
  human victims.

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Conclusions/Wrap Up

• There is an ever growing amount of evidence that
  animal abuse and domestic violence are closely
  tied.
• The futures greatest needs are stricter
  legislation against animal abuse and viewing
  animal abuse as a precursor to antisocial and
  violent behavior.

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Works Cited

• Ascione, Frank R., Weber, Claudia V., Wood, David
  S. The Abuse of Animals and Domestic Violence
  A National Survey of Shelters for Women Who are
  Battered. Society and Animals. Volume 5, Issue
  3 1997.
• Baldry, Anna C. Animal abuse among
  preadolescents directly and indirectly
  victimized at school and home. Criminal
  Behavior and Mental Health. Vol. 15, No.2 2005.
  97-110.
• Humane Society of the United States. Family
  Violence is Not Limited to Those Who Walk on Two
  Legs. www.hsus.org. November 13, 2006.
• Juvenile Justice Bulletin. The Etiology of
  Animal Abuse. www.ncjrs.gov/html/
  ojjdp/jjbull2001_9_2/page7.html. November 13,
  2006.
• The Riley Center. www.rileycenter.org. Domestic
  Violence Statistics. November 26, 2006.
• Silverstein, Helena. Unleashing Rights Law,
  Meaning, and the Animal Rights Movement.
  University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor,
  Michigan. 1999.