Not exact matches
For several years, its employees have endured
violent attacks, firebombing
of vehicles, and other
abuse from
animal rights protesters.
Parents should be aware that
violent depictions are more frequent and intense than in its predecessor, although this edition is softer with its criticisms
of religion and
animal abuse, and contains only female cleavage instead
of male rear nudity.
Please note: We perform background checks on every potential adopter, and will not adopt pets to any person convicted
of a
violent crime or
animal abuse.
First launched in September 2011, its goal was to change the mindset
of young people who often view the maiming and torturing
of defenseless cats and dogs as a sign
of «toughness» or «manhood» — a critical need in view
of research that's borne out the fact that kids who
abuse animals soon graduate to even more
violent crimes.
Sidewalk Angels is also committed to helping organizations dedicated to increasing public awareness through educational programs that focus on the frequency
of violent crimes against
animals, and the correlation between
animal abuse and
violent behavior towards people.
Thompson recalls how, later, while in law school, a criminal law class noted that two common characteristics
of violent criminal are that they were
abused as children, and that they harmed
animals then.
Many people incarcerated for
violent offenses to people report
abusing animals as part
of their first experiences with violence.
In some cases, 60 %
of domestic violence offenders also
abused animals at some point and 70 %
of the most
violent prisoners in a study
of federal prisons, had serious
animal abuse in their histories.
Other examples
of violent acts and attacks include bullying,
animal attacks, family violence, war and displacement, physical and sexual
abuse and neglect.