Animal Abuse

Poaching is a crime against wildlife. Every year thousands of animals are killed illegally, perhaps on closed land or out of season, leaving orphaned young to starve. Few poachers are caught or punished.Poachers may also kill endangered species or use illegal weapons. Some poachers just love killing animals, or want a trophy.

For the beginning people were hunting for survival: for food or for self-defence. Existed somehow a balance in nature. As humans evolved in technology, they forgot that nature is our environment we live in and animals as part of this environment should be respected in order to keep the balance. For our own good. Nowadays wealthy persons hunt for fun, calling it sport .Trophy hunting is the selective hunting for human recreation. Trophy is a part of the killed animal, which they keep and display proudly as a proof of the successful hunt.Usually they go for the oldest and most mature animal from a given population. This is typically a male with the largest body size or largest antlers or horns.

In Africa, the big five game animals are the African lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard, and White/Black rhinoceros.The term big five game refers to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot. The members of the Big Five were chosen for the difficulty in hunting them and the degree of danger involved, rather than their size.The big five are among the most dangerous, yet most popular species for big game hunters to hunt.

1 Animal testing is cruel and inhumane.2 Alternative testing methods now exist that can replace the need for animals.3 Animals are very different from human beings and therefore make poor test subjects.4 Drugs that pass animal tests are not necessarily safe.5 Animal tests may mislead researchers into ignoring potential cures and treatments. 6 95% of animals used in experiments are not protected by the Animal Welfare Act. The AWA does not cover rats, mice, fish and birds, which comprise around 95% of the animals used in research. 7 Animal tests are more expensive than alternative methods and are a waste of government research dollars.8 Medical breakthroughs involving animal research may still have been made without the use of animals.

The tradition of dog spinning involves a supposedly beloved animal, hoisted between two poles and attached to a rope that is then revved to spin and spin until the dog finally falls, disoriented and terrified, into a puddle of water below. Apparently this ritual, native to Bulgaria, is a superstitious way of warding off evil spirits at the start of spring.The practice was officially banned in 2006. But like other bans on inhumane traditions, the law against dog spinning can be hard to enforce.

In Yulin mass dog slaughter, mostly stolen pets, happens all year round in that city. Every morning, slaughter takes place inside marketplaces or in slaughterhouses. To slaughter a dog, workers use iron tongs to pull the animal out by the neck. A metal or wooden stick is used to hit its head to stop it fighting. Then the worker cuts open the dog's throat to let out the blood. The dog is then thrown into a spinning de-hairing machine. The most brutal part of the slaughter is that killing is conducted in front of the terrified dogs who witness the entire process of a dog's brutal death.

Hundreds of pilot whales and other species - including bottlenose dolphins, Atlantic white-sided dolphins and northern bottlenose whales - are brutally slaughtered each year for their meat.The fishermen with their boats force the whales to the shore. Realising they are unable to escape, the whales slow down. The locals, many of whom are dressed in full wetsuits and bobble hats, goes into the water and begin to violently drag the distressed animals up the beach.

Twice a year, the residents of Siena gather together for a little event a 90-second sprint around a tiny, tiny track jam-packed with cheering tourists. According to Italy’s animal protection association, the twice-yearly course has killed 49 horses since 1970—which works out to about one horse killed for every two and a half minutes of racing. Although this in itself is mind-boggling, it’s got nothing on some of the behaviour surrounding the race. Until 2009, it was legal for the jockeys to ride their horse drunk. In 2011, the Italian government declined to include the race on its list of official cultural heritage events but this has not stopped the race from going ahead.

Every year, citizens get drunk, they go into mountains, and drunkenly chase hundreds of the region’s wild horses down into the town, where they then fight and shave them. Locals say, this “Rapa das Bestas” tradition goes back over 400 years and was originally intended as a way of keeping track of the horses, as well as improving their hygiene. Then at some point booze got involved, and the whole thing became a sort of annual animal torture.

The simple folks of a tiny village soap up a bull with tar and set fire to its face. In this event the bull is lighted and then released to charge freely around the town square. Animal rights group PETA claims that the enraged and frighten bull goes on a rampage that can last for hours; the poor creature ultimately gets disfigured and blinded.

The story goes that a few years ago a dangerous and hated rapist was caught and punished by tying him to a donkey, which was walked on the streets and then outside of the village was executed by stoning. Every year the incident is remembered but since the convict is dead, it is only the donkeys who are stoned. Selected donkeys are paraded through the streets, hit with rocks, and even firecrackers are exploded between their legs. When the donkey falls over, they drag it to its feet and start the process all over again.

Yorkshire, is the origin place of a cruel and ‘bizarre sport’ where a starving live ferret is stuffed inside the participant’s pants and the participant is dared to keep the animal close to his crotch for as long as he can. The record is 5 hours and 27 minutes. It is believed that the game originated among the miners to show who was the manliest of all “by doing something that no sane person would dream of doing.”

So a cat is put inside a sack, then the sack is placed inside a box after which some lunatics would begin hitting the box until the cat starts screaming. Originating in the middle ages, although in 2004 a group of bachelor from Wiednitz, decided to put a cat inside a sack and locked him in a crate which had a hole drilled in the side. Blindfolded, they prodded the broomstick through the hole to make the cat scream while others banged on the crate. The cat was released after 45 minutes of torture.

Two roosters in a ring, doing a violent dance, viciously rip into each other’s necks. They’re cheered on by people yelling and throwing money down to bet. The match ends when the ‘umpire’ declares that one of the ‘fighters’ is dead or close to it. After it’s over, people collect their winnings.

The dogs are usually pit bull terrier-type dogs with powerful jaws, and they’re trained to fight. Other breeds are used, however, including rottweilers. They attack each other in a pit (sometimes on a street) with spectators encouraging them. They bark wildly and attempt to tear each other apart.The fights can last up to two hours and end when one dog can no longer fight. Many die of blood loss, exhaustion, infection, shock, etc. This sport is considered a felony offence on a Federal level and in all 50 states in the US.

The corrida de toros occurs in phases, each one announced via trumpet. The purpose of this is to weaken the bull. There are picadores—men riding blind-folded horses—who stab the bull’s neck with lances–and banderillas, who run at the already-weakened bull to distract him and insert darts into its back.Finally the matador goes in for the final kill. First, he is doing a show by provoking the bull. Then, he inserts a sword into the bull’s aorta. The crowd yell Ole! at the moment of death and wave white handkerchiefs.

Bears, elephants, tigers, and other animals do not voluntarily ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls, or jump through rings of fire. They don’t perform these and other difficult tricks because they want to; they perform them because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t.

Two roosters in a ring, doing a violent dance, viciously rip into each other’s necks. They’re cheered on by people yelling and throwing money down to bet. The match ends when the ‘umpire’ declares that one of the ‘fighters’ is dead or close to it. After it’s over, people collect their winnings.

The dogs are usually pit bull terrier-type dogs with powerful jaws, and they’re trained to fight. Other breeds are used, however, including rottweilers. They attack each other in a pit (sometimes on a street) with spectators encouraging them. They bark wildly and attempt to tear each other apart.The fights can last up to two hours and end when one dog can no longer fight. Many die of blood loss, exhaustion, infection, shock, etc. This sport is considered a felony offence on a Federal level and in all 50 states in the US.

The corrida de toros occurs in phases, each one announced via trumpet. The purpose of this is to weaken the bull. There are picadores—men riding blind-folded horses—who stab the bull’s neck with lances–and banderillas, who run at the already-weakened bull to distract him and insert darts into its back.Finally the matador goes in for the final kill. First, he is doing a show by provoking the bull. Then, he inserts a sword into the bull’s aorta. The crowd yell Ole! at the moment of death and wave white handkerchiefs.

Bears, elephants, tigers, and other animals do not voluntarily ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls, or jump through rings of fire. They don’t perform these and other difficult tricks because they want to; they perform them because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t.

Zoos are often psychological torture and extermination centres for animals. Animals in zoos are caged for life and deprived of the opportunity to develop the full range of their interests and needs.Social animals are often forced to live in the misery of solitary confinement. Animals who would prefer to live alone are often forced into close contact with others. Some animals are confined next to their predators, and some are held in crammed environments. In zoos, many animals are taken from their families and sent to other zoos, or killed when their group size exceeds the space given to them.

Zoos are often psychological torture and extermination centres for animals. Animals in zoos are caged for life and deprived of the opportunity to develop the full range of their interests and needs.Social animals are often forced to live in the misery of solitary confinement. Animals who would prefer to live alone are often forced into close contact with others. Some animals are confined next to their predators, and some are held in crammed environments. In zoos, many animals are taken from their families and sent to other zoos, or killed when their group size exceeds the space given to them.

Bears, elephants, tigers, and other animals do not voluntarily ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls, or jump through rings of fire. They don’t perform these and other difficult tricks because they want to; they perform them because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t.

Two roosters in a ring, doing a violent dance, viciously rip into each other’s necks. They’re cheered on by people yelling and throwing money down to bet. The match ends when the ‘umpire’ declares that one of the ‘fighters’ is dead or close to it. After it’s over, people collect their winnings.

The dogs are usually pit bull terrier-type dogs with powerful jaws, and they’re trained to fight. Other breeds are used, however, including rottweilers. They attack each other in a pit (sometimes on a street) with spectators encouraging them. They bark wildly and attempt to tear each other apart.The fights can last up to two hours and end when one dog can no longer fight. Many die of blood loss, exhaustion, infection, shock, etc. This sport is considered a felony offence on a Federal level and in all 50 states in the US.

The corrida de toros occurs in phases, each one announced via trumpet. The purpose of this is to weaken the bull. There are picadores—men riding blind-folded horses—who stab the bull’s neck with lances–and banderillas, who run at the already-weakened bull to distract him and insert darts into its back.Finally the matador goes in for the final kill. First, he is doing a show by provoking the bull. Then, he inserts a sword into the bull’s aorta. The crowd yell Ole! at the moment of death and wave white handkerchiefs.

Bears, elephants, tigers, and other animals do not voluntarily ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls, or jump through rings of fire. They don’t perform these and other difficult tricks because they want to; they perform them because they’re afraid of what will happen if they don’t.

Zoos are often psychological torture and extermination centres for animals. Animals in zoos are caged for life and deprived of the opportunity to develop the full range of their interests and needs.Social animals are often forced to live in the misery of solitary confinement. Animals who would prefer to live alone are often forced into close contact with others. Some animals are confined next to their predators, and some are held in crammed environments. In zoos, many animals are taken from their families and sent to other zoos, or killed when their group size exceeds the space given to them.

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In 1970 an estimated 65,000 black rhinos were alive. Now there are fewer than 2,500 left.