| The Facts on Animal Abuse |
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| 78.9 percent of Massachusett's veterinarians reported having seen at least one patient with injuries that may have been inflicted by a client or family member. |
| 70 percent of people who commited violent crimes against animals also had criminal records for violent, property, drug or disorder crimes. |
| 70 percent of the animals abusers in a sample have criminal records; 40 percent have been convicted of violent crimes. |
| In 88 percent of 57 New Jersey families being treated for child abuse, animals in the home had also been abused. |
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| It is estimated that 88 percent of pets living in households with domestic abuse are either abused or killed. |
| The US slaughters approxiamately 100,000 horses a year for export to Europe and Asia for human consumption. |
| Wisconsin made a form of animal cruelty a felony offense in 1986. 27 states have passed similar laws since then. |
| One man was charged with 1000 dollars and six months in jail for alledgedly puncturing an elephant's hide. |
| When asked if their partners had hurt or killed a pet, 54 percent of women in shelters said yes. |
| Frank Ascione's Safe Heavens for Pets: Guidelines for Programs Sheltering Pets for Women Who Are Battered - Book |
| Neglects accounts for about 90 percent of animal abuse. |
| Animal cruelty is often an early warning sign of violent tendencies that will be acted eventually against people. |
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| At least 5 billion of US tax dollars are poured into animal experimentation a year. |
| 2.7 million animals are harvested on fur farms. |
| Approximately 3.5 million furbearing animals are killed by trappers each year in the US |
| 10 billion animals are slaughtered for human consumption annually |
| On federal land alone (more than half a billion acres), more than 2000 million animals are killed each year. |
| Since 1990, captive elephants have killed 43 people. The degree of suffereing and cruelty of training techniques is clear when naturally peaceful elephants attack humans. |
| More than 40,000 bulls are killed every year in bloody bullfights around the world. |
| For enertainment,bulls are tortured over the course of an hour, speared in their backs before dying of blood loss and/or exhaustion. |
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