No, it is never nice to think about abuse
inflicted upon animals.
«My hope is that our elected officials will make this the year that New York becomes a more humane state by passing laws to end some of the worst cruelties
inflicted upon animals.»
For decades factory farming industries have profited from the fact that the cruelty
they inflict upon animals has been hidden from the public.
But before we westerners go pointing fingers and condemning other countries and cultures for their inhumane practices, let's look in the mirror and take responsibility for the cruelties
we inflict upon animals day after day in our own respective countries, whether in factory farming, puppy mills, entertainment, or the fur trade.
Not exact matches
When abuse of
animals is widespread, when the bellowing of thirsty
animals in cattle cars is heard and ignored, when cruelty still prevails in many slaughterhouses, when
animals are clumsily and painfully butchered in our kitchens, when brutish people
inflict unimaginable torments
upon animals and when some
animals are exposed to the cruel games of children, all of us share in the guilt.7
Because
animals can suffer, we have ethical obligations not to
inflict upon them more pain, relative to their capacities for sentience, than we would
inflict on creatures of our own kind, relative to our capacities.
Eating Mercifully is a short documentary that explores Christian perspectives on the cruelty
inflicted upon millions of factory farmed
animals in our world every day.
In cases where a dog is labeled as vicious, based
upon the severity of injury it
inflicts and also the frequency of attacks,
Animal Control can decide to euthanize the a
Animal Control can decide to euthanize the
animalanimal.
It also modifies the existing law to mandate that a dog must be euthanized if it kills, maims or
inflicts serious bodily injury
upon a domesticated
animal.
Also, the owner or custodian of an
animal may not
inflict unnecessary suffering or pain
upon the
animal, or fail to provide it with nutritious food in sufficient quantity, necessary veterinary care, proper drink, air, space, shelter or protection from the weather.
Banning snares: bring in an outright ban on snares on the basis they are inhumane and cruel and
inflict suffering, injury or death
upon animals caught in them, including cats 10.
Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an
animal, or causes or procures an
animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live
animal, except an
animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an
animal, either as owner or otherwise,
inflicts unnecessary cruelty
upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an
animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully abandons it, or carries it or causes it to be carried in or
upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the
animal carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years in state prison or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or by both fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that a second or subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or by a fine of not more than $ 10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.