Types of Animal Abuse
This type of abuse is racing with animals, especially greyhounds. These dogs can suffer from injuries like spinal cord paralysis and broken necks.
What is greyhound racing?
Do some animals that are tested on get medicine to help with the pain?
What is no?
Does everything that works for animals work for humans as well?
What is no?
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus has stopped which animal from performing in their circus due to customers saying that it's animal abuse to keep these animals in the circus. HINT: THE ANIMALS ARE NOT LIONS
What are elephants?
Drugs/medicines, makeup, and scientific things are put on animals.
What is animal testing?
(FACT: Animals that are tested on don't always have the care they need)
There aren't any _____ definitions for "cruelty free" and "not tested on animals"
What is legal?
Synonyms for legal will also work
About how many animals are hoarded each year?
A: 740,000 B: 250,000 C:174,500 D: 663,800
What is B? (250,000)
Two ways to help stop animal abuse
A few correct answers are: supporting animal health laws, joining an animal support group, changing your lifestyle to not use animal products
(EX: What are joining an animal support group and supporting animal health laws?)
Owners of animals or people will have animals, but they may forget about them or choose not to care for them. This means that the ignored animal may starve, be very dehydrated, and/or be really sick
What is neglect?
According to PETA, how many mice and rats were used for testing just in 2017?
What is about 100,000,000? (One hundred million)
Main federal act (law) concerning animal health/welfare
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
What can you do when a story about animal abuse comes up and to support large fines, jail times, and penalties for abusers?
What is contact local news or newspapers?
The abusers in this situation own WAY too many animals. The animals commonly have many health problems and homes that are holding the animals may be infested with fleas
What is hoarding?
What percent of DNA do humans share with mice?
(HINT: between 90% and 100%)
What is 98%?
Definition of animal abuse
What is hurting animals for clothing, entertainment, testing, puppy mills, and sometimes food?
OR
What is hurting animals (usually) on purpose?
Two Animal Support Groups
(This has many answers)
Example: What is PETA and the ASPCA?
These places keep dogs in dirty cages, sometimes outside, sometimes stacked on each other, and force dogs to breed until they're too tired to. Dogs that can't breed are killed
What is puppy mills?
A type of testing that uses humans, not animals (The Covid vaccine was tested this way)
What is human volunteers?
Which kinds of animals fight (sometimes to the death) to provide entertainment?
What are roosters and dogs?
When was the most recent law about animal welfare passed? This law makes burning, suffocating, drowning, crushing, and impaling animals illegal
Hint: It was very recent, after 2017 but before 2020
What is 2019?