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There is one reason. Animals feel pain and pain is bad.
Our observation of animal behavior leads us to conclude that they are sentient creatures, capable of feeling and suffering from pain. This is the premise upon which condemnations are animal cruelty are based. This premise does not simply rely on human empathy, but can be supported also by both operant conditioning and the theory of evolution. When people encounter a painful stimuli, they learn to avoid that stimuli. Since animal behavior can be shaped by punishment and negative reinforcement, we can make an analogy to human experience. Pain in humans is probably a result of evolution; a strong negative qualia keeps us from damaging ourselves, allowing the propagation of the species. Since animals undergo evolution, it is reasonable to conclude they too have a sensation of pain. This may lead you to wonder whether plants feel pain - a legitimate concern since they too evolve. But there is one further parallel between animals and humans not shared with plants. This is the nervous system. Our current understanding of pain in humans points to activity of the nervous system. Since many animals have nervous systems too, we have one more point of support for the animals-are-sentient premise.
Another reason why animal cruelty is bad is because it frequently leads to human abuse, and may be an indicator of sociopathy. Several famous killers, such as Luka Magnotta and Jeffrey Dhamer started out with animals before they did it on other humans
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What is the punishment for animal cruelty in Illinois?
It isthat you go to jail for 1year if its really bad or they get a fine $300 per animal the thousand how bad of cruelty it was.
Is animal cruelty one of the main reasons why animals are dying?
Yes it can be and it can send some types of animals in extinction. It is a bad thing that happens.
Is eating a cat bad?
Eating a cat is considered animal cruelty. So, yes, it is bad to eat a cat, even if you live in China where it's not considered animal cruelty. -_-
What is circus animal cruelty?
Circus animal cruelty is when they use animals to perform but keep them in bad condition, abuse them in order to train them and basically don't give them rights or what they deserve.
Cons on aimal cruelty?
Are you preparing for a debate or something? Reasons not to participate in animal cruelty include: It is wrong, it harms another living being, you may feel bad inside after doing it, you may set a bad example for young children or teenagers who see you do it, many sociopaths engaged in animal cruelty as children before graduating to violence against other humans, and you can be prosecuted and incur legal consecuences for maltreating an animal. If the animal is your pet, you may damage your relationship with him or her so that he or she doesn´t trust you anymore, or warp his or her personality so that he or she bites or becomes skittish.
Why is it not animal cruelty to put lobsters in boiling water while they are still alive?
it is animal cruelty, just people have done it for so long and many believe that by doing so is not too bad, such as killing a spider, or a bird for hunting.. but i personally think it is animal cruelty and should not be done.
Can you keep a peacock in your room or is that animal cruelty?
I would say that was, at the very least, a very bad idea.
Why is cruelty to animals bad?
Answer me this, why is cruelty to humans bad? because they suffer and people feel bad for them. That is why.
Is it bad to hit your dog when it doesn't listen to you?
It is actually a form of animal cruelty to hit your dog. So the answer is it is bad to hit your dog. It depends where and how hard you hit it. Punching your dog in the face would be animal cruelty but a little swat on the butt for being a brat isn't going to land you in prison.
What is the worst case of animal cruelty?
Probably killing them slowly and painfully. I would say that if you were to cut off an animals ears and tail by yourself that would be a bad case of animal cruelty, but also dogs that are used as bait dogs is very sad.
What kind of people commit animal cruelty?
tHE KIND OF PEople that grow up to be murderer and rapists. The kind of people that had bad parent rolemodels or divorsed parents with one parent trying to outnice the other thereby limiting rules and punishment that the child is exposed to. In other words too much punishment = bad kid, too little punshiment = bad kid. Therefore bad kid = animal cruelty tool
How severe is animal cruelty?
animal cruelty looks like an animal real skinny, injured, sick, and just real unhealthy. if you never see the owners around feeding, bathing, or paying any attention to the animal at all then more then likely its animal neglect which is almost the same thing as animal cruelty. if people beat there animals then that's cruelty. if they keep them tied up on a short leash so where they will have to stand in there own "mess" then that's cruelty. please help stop animal cruelty and neglect!
