Recent state legislation that seeks to enact animal abuser registries

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 02 Febrero 2012
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

 

Suffolk County, New York, established the first animal abuser registry in October 2010 and set a precedent for other New York counties and legislation in other states.  The animal abuser registries are similar to those required for sex offenders.  Any person convicted of an animal...[...]

How are serial animal killers investigated?

Escrito por BBC | 28 Mayo 2011
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

Dozens of swans have been slaughtered around the UK this year, a serial cat killer is on the loose in Norfolk, and over the past three decades hundreds of horses have been mutilated. But how is serial animal violence investigated, asks Tom de Castella.

Animals’ DNA Helps Catch Their Abusers

Escrito por NY Times | 28 Marzo 2011
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

By ANDY NEWMAN
Photographs by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Scruffy the cat, whose whiskers and eyebrows were singed in a 2008 attack that burned the rest of his body so badly that he had to be euthanized.

Scruffy’s DNA was harvested in 2008 from a sample of burnt...[...]

Conferencias CRINVE 2011

Escrito por Nuria Querol i Viñas | 03 Febrero 2011
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

It is with such an immense satisfaction, after a year, that we are so pleased to present the second edition of the International Congress of the High School of Science in Criminology - CRINVE 2011 entitled "The Community Victim. Land and Security ".

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE LINK

Escrito por National Link Coalition | 13 Diciembre 2010
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

Proceedings of the National Link Coalition Roundtable

Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver

June 10-11, 2010

Denver, Colorado


While much of the Link work to date has taken place in the U.S., the movement is gaining traction in other nations as well. Participants at the National Link Coali...[...]

Resurgence of Animal ‘Crush’ Videos Reinforces Need for Federal Depiction of Animal Cruelty Law

Escrito por HSUS | 15 Septiembre 2009
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

September 15, 2009

 

Small animals like kittens, puppies, rabbits, and mice get crushed to death in "crush videos." With the U.S. Supreme Court set to consider the constitutionality of a federal anti-animal cruelty law on Oct. 6, The Humane Society of the United States revealed the results of...[...]

New Link Research

Escrito por AHA | 11 Septiembre 2009
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

While acts of violence against humans and other animals share commonalities, and animal abuse may serve as a sentinel for current or future violence against people, the popular and professional acceptance of such strong connections requires greater scrutiny, according to a new critique.

Hoarders Need Our Help not Our Hostility

Escrito por National Humane Education Society | 16 Agosto 2009
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

Before the early 1990s, little was known about hoarding in general or animal hoarding in particular. Even today, the disease is still not well understood. Animal hoarding has been called the most egregious form of animal cruelty. Unlike a single act of animal cruelty, animal hoarding affects lar...[...]

California Law on treatment for people who hurt animals

Escrito por Califoria Penal Code | 25 Mayo 2009
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

California Law on treatment for people who hurt animals
California Penal code section 597, also known as the O'Connel bill provides for mandatory treatment of people convicted of hurting animals. This is in addition to and may not replace incarceration and fines. California Penal Code: http://www.leg...[...]

Animal Cruelty, Serial Killers and Violence

Escrito por HSUS | 03 Marzo 2009
Posted in Articles - Violence to animals general

"The studies on this page reveal the prevalence of acts of animal cruelty among the most depraved and malicious criminals in society. "