scholarly journals Eternally Vulnerable: The Pathology of Abuse in Domestic Animals

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly McEwen
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Unique Challenge ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Blunt Force Trauma ◽  
Single Animal ◽  
Sentient Beings ◽  
Medical Examiners ◽  
Animal Neglect

Animals are amongst the most vulnerable of all sentient beings. Animal neglect and abuse may involve a single animal and one person, or hundreds of animals and many people. Animals and people are victims of the same types of fatal injury and severe neglect; however, the anatomy and physiology of different animal species and even breeds of animals are a unique challenge for veterinary pathologists. Identifying and describing external lesions of blunt force trauma and projectile wounds requires that the entire skin be reflected from the animal because fur and feathers partially or totally mask the injuries. Because quadrupeds or birds may react differently to the same traumatic force applied to bipedal humans, extrapolating from medical forensic pathology must be done with caution. Animal abuse, however, does not occur in a vacuum. An established link exists between animal abuse, interpersonal violence, and other serious crimes. Using examples, this paper describes specific injuries in abused and neglected animals in the context of domestic violence, interpersonal violence, mental illness, and drug addiction. Medical examiners should be aware that animal abuse affects not only the animal, but individuals, families, and society as a whole.

Recurrent Childhood Animal Cruelty and Its Link to Recurrent Adult Interpersonal Violence

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 2345-2356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caleb E. Trentham ◽  
Christopher Hensley ◽  
Christina Policastro
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Animal Cruelty ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Southern State ◽  
Medium Security ◽  
Potential Link ◽  
Violent Acts ◽  
Using Data

In the early 1960s, researchers began to examine the potential link between childhood animal cruelty and future interpersonal violence. Findings since then have been inconsistent in establishing a relationship between the two. This may be due to researchers failing to measure the recurrency of childhood animal abuse and the recurrency of later violent acts committed in adulthood. The current study, using data from 257 inmates at a medium-security prison in a Southern state, is a replication of research conducted by Tallichet and Hensley, and Hensley, Tallichet, and Dutkiewicz, which examined this recurrency issue. The only statistically significant predictor of recurrent adult interpersonal violence in this study was recurrent childhood animal cruelty. Inmates who engaged in recurrent childhood animal cruelty were more likely to commit recurrent adult interpersonal violence. Respondents’ race, education, and childhood residence were not significant predictors of the outcome variable.

Animal Maltreatment in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: A Manifestation of Power and Control?

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (15) ◽  
pp. 1806-1828 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy J. Fitzgerald ◽  
Betty Jo Barrett ◽  
Rochelle Stevenson ◽  
Chi Ho Cheung
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Using Data ◽  
And Control ◽  
Animal Neglect

This study tests the theoretically informed assumption that intimate partner violence (IPV) and animal abuse so frequently co-occur because animal maltreatment is instrumentalized by abusers to harm human victims. Using data from a survey of abused women in Canadian shelters, we find that threats to harm “pets,” emotional animal abuse, and animal neglect are clearly perceived by these survivors as being intentionally perpetrated by their abuser and motivated by a desire to upset and control them; the findings related to physical animal abuse are not as straightforward. Building on these findings, we propose a more nuanced theorizing of the coexistence of animal maltreatment and IPV.

Qualitative behaviour assessment as an indicator of animal emotional welfare in farm assurance

Livestock ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-183
Author(s):  
Richard Cooper ◽  
Françoise Wemelsfelder
Keyword(s):  
Physical Health ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Good Life ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Qualitative Behaviour ◽  
Assessment Techniques ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Sentient Beings

Acknowledgement of animals as sentient beings (including farm animal species), capable of experiencing positive and negative emotions, has highlighted the need for suitable ‘welfare outcome’ measures in farm assurance schemes. Current schemes tend to focus on measures of physical health and productivity, but there is as yet a lack of indicators addressing farmed animals' emotional wellbeing. A number of assessment techniques exist that may help us develop such indicators, and better understand the extent to which farm animals do, or do not, experience ‘a good life’. This article focuses on one such technique, ‘qualitative behaviour assessment’ (QBA), and reviews the potential benefits of, and challenges to, its practical deployment in the field.

Human–animal connections: Recent findings on the anthrozoology of cruelty

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Herzog ◽  
Arnold Arluke
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Animal Cruelty ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Shed Light

Recent findings in anthrozoology – the study of human–animal interactions – shed light on psychological and social aspects of cruelty. Here we briefly discuss four areas that connect animal cruelty and cruelty directed toward humans: (1) voices of perpetrators and their audiences, (2) gender differences in cruelty, (3) cruelty as play, and (4) the putative relationship between animal abuse and interpersonal violence.

Mennesker som utøver seksuelle handlinger med dyr

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-377
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Veterinary Science ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Increased Risk

Sexual contact between humans and animals is known from early times, but the prevalence remains unknown. Research on individuals who have sexual contact with animals has largely been conducted on individuals who are incarcerated or who are recruited from the internet and who consider themselves zoophiles. This paper is a synopsis of some of the available literature from the perspectives of law, veterinary science and psychology. Whether human beings who conduct sexual acts with animals are at increased risk of interpersonal violence is discussed. Some claim that zoophilia may be a sexual orientation and that sexual contact should be tolerated as long as the animal does not suffer. Others stress that sexual contact with animals is always wrong because it involves coercion, violates the rights of others, and because the animal cannot provide genuine consent or report abuse. This lack of consent is paramount to current psychiatric classifications of zoophilia. Reporting of animal abuse is one of the exceptions to health professionals’ duty of confidentiality.

scholarly journals Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 910-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lockwood ◽  
P. Arkow
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Animal Abuse

Can Attitudes about Animal Neglect be Differentiated from Attitudes about Animal Abuse?

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Henry
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Past ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Animal Neglect ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractThe past decade has seen an increase in interest relating to the correlates and determinants of attitudes about nonhuman animals, especially attitudes about the use or abuse of animals. However, little research has explicitly addressed individual differences in attitudes about the neglect of animals. The current study employs a factor-analytic approach to explore (a) whether attitudes about animal neglect can be reliably differentiated from attitudes about animal abuse and (b) whether the relationship between attitudes about animal neglect and animal abuse differs as a function of gender. Results indicated that attitudes about abuse and neglect can be reliably differentiated among both men and women. However, the structure of these attitudes appears to differ substantially by sex. This paper discusses theoretical and practical implications of these results.

Wildlife and Interpersonal Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-94
Author(s):  
Angus Nurse ◽  
Tanya Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Battered Women ◽  
Interpersonal Violence ◽  
Domestic Animal ◽  
Wild Animal ◽  
Animal Abuse ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Forms Of Violence

This chapter explores the links between non-human animal abuse and interpersonal violence with a specific focus on the extent to which harm caused to wildlife may be an indicator of violent tendencies and a predictor of future violence. Experts estimate that from 48 percent to 71 percent of battered women have pets who also have been abused or killed and the link between domestic animal abuse and human violence is widely recognised by scholars and law enforcement professionals. This chapter focuses on the violence inherent in hunting and poaching. The chapter speculates as to the link concerning violence towards wildlife and the extent to which wild animal abuse can indicate a propensity or inclination towards other forms of violence.

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