Animal Cruelty, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or Cruelty to animals, is the infliction by omission (animal neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human. More narrowly, it can be the causing of harm or suffering for specific achievement, such as killing animals for food, their fur or even their tusks; opinions differ about the extent of cruelty associated with a given method of slaughter. Cruelty to animals sometimes encompasses inflicting harm or suffering as an end in itself, defined as zoo-sadism. With approximately 65 billion animals killed annually for food, farm animals are the most numerous animals subjected to cruelty
Notable Animal Abusers/Supporters/Groups
- Adolfo Constanzo
- Animal Liberation Front
- Amy Hebert
- Andrew Kehoe
- Ariel Castro
- ARM
- Bear Hunters
- Brooke Houts
- Charles Manson
- David Berkowitz
- David Carpenter
- Devin Patrick Kelley
- Dimitrios Pagourtzis
- Dogolachan
- Dr. Harry Harlow
- Ian Watkins
- Jeffrey Dahmer
- Jim Jones
- Kip Kinkel
- Luka Magnotta
- Luke Woodham
- Matias Oyarzo
- Michael Vick
- Mindy McCready
- Nikolas Cruz
- Richard Speck
- Surabaya Zoo
- Ted Bundy
- TechRax
- Yulin Dog Meat Festival
- Zoophilia