Baghdad vet risks all as he tends to sick animals

Escrito por AFP | 07 Enero 2008
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Nameer Abdul Fatah has shrapnel holes in his vehicle and wounds in his leg suffered during hazardous trips across conflict-ridden Baghdad to treat injured and sick patients.

Dogfighting in America

Escrito por HSUS | 10 Septiembre 2007
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From cities to suburbia to the heartland, dogfighting is widespread in the U.S. The HSUS reveals the bloodsport's roots and biology in this 3-part series.

Pet Abuse Disconnect

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 16 Agosto 2007
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"Why," the caller wanted to know, "are you giving so much space to Michael Vick and those dogs when there are children being killed?" Child abuse, she said, is so much more important than dog fighting—those are only animals, and humans are being abused and killed. Isn't that more important?

Do vets and doctors face similar ethical challenges?

Escrito por British Medical Journal | 05 Julio 2007
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Could child cruelty, such as that suffered by Victoria Climbié (above), be reduced if vets were obliged to report cases of pet cruelty to the police, because of the connections between the two?

Reunification of child and animal welfare agencies: cross-reporting of abuse in Wellington County, O

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 26 Mayo 2007
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Cruelty's rewards: the gratifications of perpetrators and spectators.

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 26 Mayo 2007
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Cruelty is the deliberate infliction of physical or psychological pain on other living creatures, sometimes indifferently, but often with delight.

Exploring the possible link between childhood and adolescent bestiality and interpersonal violence.

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 26 Mayo 2007
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Bestiality is a serious although less frequently occurring form of animal cruelty that may be linked to subsequent aggression against humans.

Childhood animal cruelty and interpersonal violence

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 25 Mayo 2007
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Conduct disorder (CD) affects 2–9% of children in this country and has been found to be relatively stable through childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood.

To leave or to stay?: Battered women's concern for vulnerable pets.

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 25 Mayo 2007
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Consistent with previous research, almost half of a sample of 41 pet-owning battered women reported that their partners had threatened or actually harmed their pets, and over a fourth reported that concern for their pets had affected their decisions about leaving or staying with the batterer.

Why doctors should care about animal cruelty

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 20 Mayo 2007
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Animal cruelty impacts on human health in disparate ways: intentional and unintentional acts of cruelty may reflect underlying mental health problems that need to be addressed. Cruelty within the family setting is an important sentinel for domestic violence and should prompt an assessment for possib...[...]