The cruelty practiced by humans in
dealing with animals and violence against humans is common. For example, both
victims (animals or humans) are living beings who feel pain and distress and
may die from the wounds they will experience. Until recently, violence against
children, the elderly and other forms of domestic violence not linked to
violence against animals
At present, there has been a
correlation between animal abuse, domestic violence and other forms of social violence.
Research on the subject suggests that people who practice violence with animals
rarely practice violence against humans.
Killers and persons who commit
violence against their husbands or children often have practiced animal
violence in the past. People who practice animal violence are not only
dangerous to animals but also often dangerous to humans
Child and animal protection
specialists are concerned about this link, seeing that there is a link between
violence against children and animals that has some kind of self-perpetuation
in a cycle of violence. One of the reasons for this link is that the individual
who witnesses the various cases of violence is more and more receptive to them.
Research shows that the more frequently a person gets a position, the more
receptive he becomes
Psychologists recognize that
participation in watching or acting against animals leads to the acceptance of
the perpetrator and the viewer. "Killing and torturing animals will
gradually make them beings that commit violence against humans and those who
enjoy the suffering and destruction of creatures will not be able to be
compassionate toward their own sex," wrote John Locke
Animal violence destroys a person's
respect for the value of life. And that children who witness animal abuse are
at great risk of doing so themselves. Animal abuse as an indicator of future
behavior of the individual Cruelty to animals may be a warning sign about the
potential for violent behavior of a person in the future. Child aggression and
violent behavior towards animals may be an indicator of the future violence of
the Tah child
Child protection agencies, social
services, mental health experts and educators believe that animal violence is a
dangerous form of aggressive and non-social behavior and represents an
important red banner that shows us the forms of aggressive behavior.
Children and adolescents may engage
in animal violence motivated by curiosity, love of exploration, ventilating
stress, or improving mood (in other words to relieve boredom or depression) or
as a way to hurt others emotionally or may be a practice of future violence. In
addition, adults may also practice animal violence in an attempt to increase
their ability to tolerate pain or to increase the animal's aggressiveness (eg
trying to train dogs to be more violent by using other animals) or to satisfy
their sadistic desires to enjoy seeing the suffering of these animals. There is
a striking correlation between the child's practice of animal violence and his
adult practice
In fact, the most reliable evidence
of future violence for adults is their practice of animal violence when they
were children. Researchers in psychology and criminology point out that people
who practice violence against animals do not stop there, but many of them turn
to humans later on. Research in psychology, sociology and crime has shown that
many violent people have committed a series of animal violence during childhood
and adolescence
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