Animal Cruelty Awareness

Animal cruelty is simply the cruel and unwarranted treatment of animals. One major type of cruelty is torture, along with neglect and cruel treatment during animal testing. The definition of animal cruelty varies from state to state and country to country. Many of the cases often go unnoticed.
Dogs are the most common victims of animal cruelty, especially pit-bulls which account for 25% of all cases involving dogs. Of the 1,880 cases reported, 64.5% involved dogs, 18% involved cats, and 25% involved other animals.