A socially unacceptable behavior that intentionally causes unnecessary pain suffering or distress to and or death of an animal socially unacceptable changes over time or with technology species problem hoarders perception can be that they didn t know it was cruel unnecessary lab animals research for greater good how do we measure suffering or distress Any act that contributes to the pain of death of an animal or that otherwise threatens the welfare of an animal who is the animal abuser people who purchase puppies from pet stores or high volume puppy mill owners boston terriers have airway syndrome and Companion Animal Cruelty defining animal cruelty Ascione s definition 1993 Agnew 1998 Exam venndiagram Agnew vs Ascione examples kennel cough pneumonia Typologies of cruelty incompetent care neglect abuse By the numbers hard to quantify 2007 media reports by HSUS 64 5 1212 involved dogs pit bulls 18 337 involved cats 25 470 involved other animals horses pheonix dog on fire bring back to life psychological framework for cruelty cid 127 motivations for cruelty by adults reasons given in ascione s paper 2001 control prejudice displaced aggression beastiality retribution practicing for human violence common themes anger control power issue lack of love lack of empathy cid 127 motivations by children boredom reenact a violent episode against the child him herself prevent animal from being harmed by someone else peer pressure developmental component Link association between animal abuse and later forms of violence cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127