Prevention Of Animal Cruelty In The United States

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I will review the inadequacies and poorly enforced laws that are currently meant to protect animals from human cruelty. Neglect and intentional harm constitute the two types of animal cruelty, as categorized by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Both types of animal cruelty are present in zoos in the U.S. as well as in other countries around the world. Drug abuse, lameness, insufficient care and long road trips are all indications of animal cruelty, requiring better laws and enforcement in these zoos. We may not consider unintentional harm as cruelty and only notice intentional harm such as animal abuse, but unintentional harm can be just as bad. The development of rights for our animals should be an effective

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