Cruelty to Animals

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Cruelty to animals is not something that should be taken lightly. It is an important indicator of how the person is going to behave towards humans as well. Let me give you one example : There is a slum colony in Delhi called Seelampur. It is the place where all the organised animal crime takes place : the illegal pig killing, the gangs that bring in the birds for selling, the illegal cattle slaughterhouses , the stealing of dogs , the bear and monkey owners etc. The place bristles with violence. Even the police fear entering. When a student of a college reported that a truck of pigs had arrived and they were being killed on the street , by the time our people went, the evidence had disappeared and the principal had threatened the boy to recant his evidence. The principal told me that he had been visited by the louts in the area who said that they would burn his college down. Recently , when the police had to enter the place, they were greeted by a volley of stones, home made grenades, all thrown by young children. Even the DCP of the area was injured. See teenagers involved in the butcher’s trade. They do not think twice about killing each other. Go to Tihar jail and look at the young people locked up for murder and other violent crimes : not most but ALL of them have been involved in severe animal cruelty before they took to violence on humans. The findings have been the same in all countries The strong connection between animal cruelty and youth violence. This piece is on what teenagers need to know. What is animal cruelty? Animal cruelty is behaviour that are harmful to animals, from unintentional neglect to intentional killing. Most cruelty cases investigated are cases of unintentional neglect that can be stopped through education—an owner may have to be told that a dog cannot be left tied to a gate the whole day or that he has to be deticked or that a

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