Animal Cruelty Laws Garden Nursery Landscaping Guide
Animal Cruelty Laws In Europe And America
By Rodger G Allenby
The animal cruelty laws that exist in the United States have
been a long time in the making. For years, animals have been used
as crash test dummies, as well as being used to see how the military’s
weapons would affect soldiers in the field.
Now, with anti-cruelty animal laws that prohibit these types
of actions, the United States is setting a standard for other
countries to follow. Although the US laws vary by state, in the
world wide community the laws are quite different.
Severe Consequences For Abandoning A Companion Animal
Unlike the United States, Europe has a union of fifteen nations
that has established certain animal cruelty laws. These laws can
include jail time for the human perpetrator if an animal is hurt,
abused, neglected, or if an illegal puppy mill is found in operation.
One of the most stringent laws in their treaty is that no one
shall abandon a companion animal. This can carry severe consequences.
The United States has left the governing of the animal laws up
to the individual states; therefore, the punishments vary greatly
from state to state.
Transport And Slaughter Of Farm Animals
Farm animals are also covered by the animal laws that the European
Union has set forth. When it comes to farm animals, the transport
and slaughter of these animals in the EU is much more progressive
and stricter than in the United States.
They rarely have issues, whereas the US is consistently in the
news for unethical treatment of a variety of animals waiting for
slaughter.
Animals Have Inherent Value
The main difference between the animal cruelty laws of the European
Union and the United States is that the EU sees animals as having
inherent value. The United States still believes that the animals
they should be protecting are property and not living entities.
The US has to fight animal abuse on a greater scale than their
European counterparts because of the inability to of the US review
their laws, in order to protect the animals that need it most.
About the Author:
Rodger G Allenby has written a number of articles on pets, gardening and landscaping including
Bird Baths,
Fish Ponds,
Hummingbird Feeders,
Gardening Tools,
Backyard Ideas,
Backyard Landscaping Pictures,
Potting Table,
Backyard Fences.
Keep a lookout for more of his articles on this website.
Little Known Facts About Animal Cruelty....
In the case of bad breeders, what happens to the animals?
In the case of bad breeders who are improperly
caring for their animals the animal welfare unit will seize all
of the animals.
The animals are then placed in foster homes,
put up for adoption or will be euthanized if they are in too bad
of shape. It is a sad condition that any animal should have to
be put down just because someone did not care for the animal properly.
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