Essential Question Blog Post

Essential Question:  Should animal abusers be punished more harshly?

Claim: Animal abusers should be punished more harshly because of the lasting, damaging effects on the animals.

Campaign to stop animal abuse

Reason:  Animals have lasting psychological effects of animal abuse. Some animals will be traumatized for the rest of their lives from their owners mistreatment. They may act hostility towards humans in general because of their distrust for their owners. Animals can become closed off to the world and lose the will to live. The only thing that can save them is stopping animal abuse. By making the punishments more harsh people will see that abusing animals is not worth it. The punishments must also be followed through with. The perpetrators must be shown that they will receive no leeway in their sentence and will not be let out of jail or prison early. Hopefully, by showing the public how harsh the punishments can be, animal abusers world-wide will realize the illegality and horrificness of their actions.