Animal Cruelty and Neighborhood Conditions [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Background: Animal cruelty appears to be widespread. Competing theories have been posed regarding the causes of animal cruelty leading to conflicting findings and little direction for public policies to combat it.
Laura A. Reese +2 more
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Comparison of Police Data on Animal Cruelty and the Perception of Animal Welfare NGOs in Hungary [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Animal cruelty has been a criminal offence in Hungary since 2004 and the legislator has tightened and differentiated the regulations in several waves since then.
Gábor Lorászkó +4 more
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Animal Cruelty in New York City: Cruelty Cases Presented to the ASPCA in Partnership with the NYPD 2013–2022 [PDF]
AnimalsBetween September 2013 and 2022, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) received 2783 suspected animal cruelty cases involving 5745 animals through a partnership with the New York City Police Department (NYPD).
Shiny Caldwell +4 more
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Portraying Animal Cruelty: A Thematic Analysis of Australian News Media Reports on Penalties for Animal Cruelty [PDF]
Animals, 2022 Media portrayals of animal cruelty can shape public understanding and perception of animal welfare law. Given that animal welfare law in Australia is guided partially by ‘community expectations’, the media might indirectly be influencing recent reform ...
Rochelle Morton +3 more
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Veterinarians’ perspectives on animal welfare, legal enforcement, and forensic readiness in companion animal cruelty investigations in Thailand: A cross-sectional qualitative study [PDF]
Veterinary WorldBackground and Aim: Animal cruelty is a persistent concern for animal welfare and society worldwide. In Thailand, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and Animal Welfare Act B.E.
Athip Lorsirigool +8 more
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Integrating animal cruelty exposure into person-centered models of childhood adversity: latent classes and associations with depression, anxiety, and stress [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundAnimal cruelty is a recognized correlate of interpersonal violence within family systems, yet children’s exposure to this form of harm remains absent from most standardized assessments of childhood adversity.
Shelby E. McDonald +9 more
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Childhood exposure to interpersonal and animal-directed violence: adversity profiles and adult suicidality [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundExposure to animal-directed violence is an overlooked aspect of childhood adversity that frequently co-occurs with interpersonal violence and may indicate heightened developmental risk.
Shelby E. McDonald +8 more
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Brighton v RSPCA NSW: Appeals and Lessons Four Years On [PDF]
AnimalsAnimal law has the potential to initiate improvements for animal wellbeing. However, this largely depends on how effectively the law bridges the legal chasm between animal welfare and animal suffering, a chasm the authors refer to as the welfare gap ...
Kathryn Jurd, Sophie Riley
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Animal Abuse Investigations: Challenges and Recommendations to Improve Animal and Human Welfare [PDF]
AnimalsAnimal cruelty is widespread, yet it is often overlooked by professionals as a form of trauma and not perceived as a serious crime. This study explores current challenges to the effective management of animal abuse and neglect cases in the state of ...
Rebecca Niemiec, Lori R. Kogan
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The Link between Family Violence and Animal Cruelty: A Scoping Review
Social Sciences, 2022 There is some evidence that family violence (intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, elder abuse) co-occurs with animal cruelty (i.e., threats to and/or actual harm of an animal), which is often referred to as “the link.” The aim of this scoping ...
Camie A. Tomlinson +5 more
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