| Most of us love our four legged friends more than | | | | jail and a few thousand dollars fine. Would the judges |
| anything in the world and would do anything to | | | | be so lenient if the same crime was committed |
| protect them. But unfortunately that is not the case | | | | against another human being? |
| for everybody. There are some people out there | | | | Animal cruelty is just the beginning and often leads to |
| who get cruel pleasure out of harming and abusing | | | | bigger crimes, involving people and often ending in |
| dogs. Yes, they often get caught and punished but | | | | death. Should the criminals not be punished more |
| when it comes to Dog Abuse-Why Does the | | | | severely against crimes such as animal cruelty to |
| Punishment Not Fit the Crime. To see a first hand | | | | hopefully deter them from becoming even bigger |
| look at some of the atrocities these poor animals | | | | criminals and ruining more lives? |
| endure, please read The Heartbreak Of Animal | | | | If these people are taught their lesson when they |
| Cruelty. I must warn you these articles and videos | | | | are meddling in the petty crime arena then maybe |
| are difficult to watch and read, but I feel this must | | | | they will not grow into hard criminals and murderers. |
| be shown to hopefully get help for all these animals. | | | | The main thing that should be kept in mind is that an |
| A dog is a living creature, with a heart and with | | | | animal is one of Gods creatures and if someone has |
| feelings. If someone can harm a dog, it would not | | | | that little concern for them then they will obviously |
| take very much more to harm another person. If | | | | not have a very big conscience when it comes to |
| someone can have so little feelings remorse for | | | | bigger crimes and they should be taken down at the |
| harming another living being then they should be | | | | beginning stages of their criminal lives. |
| punished accordingly. | | | | The law needs to be stricter on animal cruelty and |
| The punishment for dog abuse differs from state to | | | | dog abuse, a no tolerance policy needs to be put into |
| state but the maximum punishment is a few years in | | | | place and maximum punishments need to be given. |