In America today, there are an estimated 164.6 million cats and dogs owned as pets, and around 20,000 reported cases of animal cruelty each month. This statistic puts the number of animals abused in our country each year in the hundreds of thousands, not including cases that went unreported. I believe animals are God’s innocent creatures and that we are charged with their care and well-being, and that abusing an animal is one of the most heinous crimes one can commit. Despite increasing criminal penalties, animals continue to be abused and neglected in record numbers, suffering everything from dog fighting and beatings to starvation and filthy living conditions. Dealing with animal abuse and implementing a community-based system of prevention is essential to growth, health, and greatness of America.
Preventing animal abuse in America starts with creating awareness of animal cruelty and providing communities with the necessary tools to fight it. The timely reporting of animal cruelty cases to the authorities is essential to saving the lives of animals involved and bringing perpetrators to justice before any evidence disappears. If an incentive were offered to crime stoppers and reporters of animal cruelty, more individuals would come forward with potentially life-saving information. Economic incentives to report crimes are an invaluable tool to police and the community. However, even an incentive as small as one’s name featured in the local paper would still encourage more people to come forward with reports of abuse.
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