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Animal Cruelty FactsPlease click a link below to see more on that topic. What Constitutes Animal Cruelty?Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty. Examples include overt animal abuse, dog and cock fighting and animal neglect where the animal is denied basic necessities of care such as fresh water and food or shelter. Animals are covered by state animal cruelty laws, which vary from state to state and county to county. The Humane Society works to educate people about the proper care of animals and how to prevent animal cruelty. Animal cruelty can be divided into two general categories: neglect and intentional cruelty. NeglectNeglect is the failure to provide an animal with the most basic of requirements of food, water, shelter, shade, and veterinary care. Neglect may be due to ignorance on the owner’s part and is usually handled by requiring the owner to correct the situation. If the problem is not corrected, the animal may be removed from the neglectful person by law enforcement authorities. Intentional CrueltyIntentional cruelty is often more shocking than neglect and is frequently an indicator of a serious human behavior problem. Intentional cruelty is when an individual purposely inflicts physical harm or injury on an animal. Volunteers with animal investigation authority have arrested individuals who have deliberately maimed, tortured or killed animals. Although many individuals are arrested for intentional cruelty, people who commit even the most heinous crimes against animals are often not prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Someone who is violent towards animals may be violent towards family members or others. North Carolina Cruelty to Animal Statutes14-360 Cruelty to animals.(a) If any person shall intentionally overdrive, overload, wound, injure, torment, kill, or deprive of necessary sustenance, or cause or procure to be overdriven, overloaded, wounded, injured, tormented, killed, or deprived of necessary sustenance, any animal, every such offender shall for every such offense be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (b) If any person shall maliciously torture, mutilate, maim, cruelly beat, disfigure, poison, or kill, or cause or procure to be tortured, mutilated, maimed, cruelly beaten, disfigured, poisoned, or killed, any animal, every offender shall for every offense be guilty of a Class I felony. 14-361.1 Abandonment of animals.Any Person being the owner or possessor, or having charge or custody of an animal, who willfully and without justifiable excuse abandons the animal is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Reporting Animal CrueltyIf you live in Pitt County, North Carolina, and if you witness or hear about animal cruelty taking place, report it to the local police or sheriff.
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The name of the person filing the complaint is kept confidential but is required so the investigator will have someone to call for assistance if they have trouble locating the animal. How can you help?Teaching future generations to respect animal life will make our society more humane. Ask the teachers to add humane education to their curriculum. They can email the ASPCA at education@aspca.org for classroom resources. If you own a pet, be responsible and provide it with annual veterinary check-ups and preventative medical care; spay or neuter your cat or dog to reduce pet overpopulation and urge your friends to do the same. Support the Humane Society of Eastern Carolina with donations of money, food and supplies. Volunteering your time or fostering a shelter animal is a good way to make a difference. Fostering helps socialize abused or frightened animals before they are adopted. If you want to adopt a pet, go to the Humane Society of Eastern Carolina Shelter or visit us at www.petfinder.com..
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