Tangled Web Abuse

Oct 25, 2021 | Uncategorised

 

THE TANGLED WEB OF ABUSE

Studies show that people who abuse animal were 5 times more likely to have a record of violent crimes.  The link between cruelty to animals and violence towards humans has become common knowledge.

When a child is caught abusing an animal and the child gets off lightly because “it is just an animal” we cringe as we know that child will not stop, they are only getting started.

Several studies have documented a link among animal abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse. England found that in twenty-three families known to have committed abuse against animals, 83 percent also had been identified by social services as having children at risk for abuse.

 

ANIMAL ABUSE IS NOT NORMAL

Four types of child abuse

The four different main types of child abuse are physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse.

SPOTTING SIGNS AND ACTING

  • Signs include aggression towards their peers
  • Aggression towards other children
  • Cruelty to animals
  • Social isolation
  • Pyromania
  • Destructive behaviour
  • Simply, not a happy child

Sometimes stuffed toy animals are mutilated but this violent tendency may begin to show in writings or drawings as well.

  • Any animal cruelty should be treated as a serious transgression and never as a prank.
  • Any cruelty towards an animal must be acted upon. That child is screaming for help.

Animal and child abuse goes hand in hand

Eight simple steps to a non- violent future.

  1. Take animal and child abuse seriously, and report it to the relevant authorities.
  2. Encourage professionals, such as the police, magistrates, judges, prosecutors, social workers and teachers that there is a link between animal and family violence.
  3. Positive parenting.
  4. Install compassion and human values in young people by showing that you value animals,people and the environment.
  5. The cycle of violence can be broken by a desire to stop the abuse.
  6. Love your children and your pets and they will love and respect you in return.
  7. Do not ignore even minor acts of cruelty. Appropriate intervention may stop a cycle of abuse.