Forms of Abuse

There are different forms of abuse such as, animal fights, hoarding, poisoning, shooting and bestiality. Animal fighting is when animals are trained to fight each other in a bloody battle and people place bets on which animal will win. Winning usually means that the animal will be brutally injured or dead at the end of the fight. Animal fighting is illegal and can have some gambling or drug dealing at the "event". Hoarding animals is when people have many animals such as over 25 living in their house. They usually "mean well" but it gets out of hand. Getting out of hand for hoarding is when the animals suffer from malnutrition, don't get veterinary attention (which can result in breeding) and the house becomes filthy and not healthy for anyone or anything to live in. Poisonings and Shootings are most common. Poisoning is when animals are unsupervised and get into some kind of poison such as mouse poison or house hold cleaners. If this happens you should get medical treatment fast. Shooting is when an animal is unsupervised outside and my roam somewhere it is unwanted and someone could shoot him/her. The best way to prevent shootings is to supervise the time the animal is left outside. All of these can be avoided if you take proper precautions.