Animal Cruelty Report for House of Representatives Political Groups

This report addresses the issue of animal cruelty, examining its various forms, including intentional harm and neglect, and its legal definitions across different states. It highlights the problem's scope, emphasizing the lack of a dedicated task force and the resulting disregard for animal welfare r...Read More

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Animal cruelty
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Animal Cruelty
Direct lobbying remains simply presenting vital information to congress that you think
shall shape their opinions as well as influence policy towards a specific concern. The members of
congress that I shall target in my lobbying are House of Representatives political groups. I shall
target these members because their duties are to introduce bills as well as resolutions. These
members also offer amendments as well as serve on committee. I shall be reaching out to the
government and the entire citizens at large. The issue that would be address with this pamphlet is
the issue of enforcing animal cruelty rules.
Description of the Problem
Animal cruelty includes a range of behaviors detrimental to animals, from mistreatment
to malicious killing (Minahim, Gordilho & Portugal, 2017). The cruelty may be intentional, for
example burning, kicking, beating, shooting, or stabbing; or it may involve neglect, for example
depriving an animal of shelter, water, food, as well as necessary medical treatment. It is true that
most of the cruelty that the humane officers investigate remains unintentional neglect that may
be solved via education. Intentional cruelty may run. Every state describes animal cruelty
differently, both in terms of the particular actions that remain prohibited as well as the categories
of those animals that remain protected. For instance, hunting remains exempted from the law of
animal cruelty and livestock remain not protected, although in both cases the animals remain
killed and quite often injured (Hoffer, Hargreaves-Cormany, Muirhead & Meloy, 2018). Animal
cruelty cases in this country tend to span the jurisdiction of numerous state as well as local
agencies and department. The official of the agency responsible for handling cases of animal
cruelty differs. The main problem is humans failing to honor the regulations put in place by
various states and local agencies to make sure that animals remain treated with compassion and
respect.

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Analysis of the Problem
In the United States and other countries, it is against the law to treat animals cruelly.
Numerous countries usually ban many different types of mistreatment, from maiming or
torturing an animal to not offering proper shelter and food. Even though the government has
enacted legislation measures to enable protection of animal, a clearly managed task-force to
address these responsibilities has not been implemented. This has seen Wanton disregard for
these guidelines and measures as individuals who abuse animals are not being punish for their
actions. You can easily see how this remains an ethical and it often raises political question on
the role of the government in protecting animals as stipulated by the law. It is true that abuse of
Animal has a strong link to domestic violence. Victim’s cats and dogs remain often used by
people as pawns to control and manipulate them. When animals are abused, a chain reaction
starts in our society. Not only does we injured an innocent animal, but the individual who
commits the offense frequently falls into a cycle that might eventually result in violence against
other individuals in the society. The evidence of a connection between animals’ cruelty as well
as violence toward humans remains compelling. Numerous studies demonstrate the relationship
between family violence as well as animal cruelty; for instance, 71% of pet-owning domestic
violence survivors indicated that their abusers had injured, killed, or threatened their pets.
Animal abuse remains one of the 4 important predictors of who remains likely to become a
batterer. In a certain study indicated that 70% of animal abusers had initially committed other
crimes. In fact, individuals who abuse animals remain 5 times more likely to carry out violent
crime. So, the prevention of animal cruelty shall also prevent other crimes from taking place. It
is true that by hurting the animals, abusers is sending message that humans victim might be next.
All these problems when solved by your department may be beneficial to both the congressman

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and your lobby group. This is already an important concern governed by globally agreed
standards commanding key public support and ought to be solved in your congressional
jurisdiction.
Recommendations
To prevent the animal’s cruelty the both the governments at the national and local level
should initiate rules and regulations that prevent cruelty of animals. The government ought to
better enforce environmental laws. For instance, Clean Water Act might cover animal
agriculture. Nevertheless, state and federal and States environmental agencies have failed to
apply these laws.
The government can prevent bestiality by creating a legislative measure for example a
fine and jail term of up to 7 years in prison. This shall prevent most of the people from
committing this act of bestiality. Punishing and preventing this cruelty remains both an animal
welfare as well as a public health imperative.
To combat farm animal’s cruelty, farm subsidies ought to foster grass. Grass remains a
healthier, happier habitant more so for farm animals. Also, it remains the core of ecological
farming, even providing the promise of key carbon sequestration. Yet present policies of federal
encourage blowing grasslands while preventing grass-based methods, such as crop rotations, that
protect water, air and soil (Fiber-Ostrow & Lovell, 2016). Farm subsidies ought to contain
incentives for grass as well as require farmers to abide by rules relating to conservation methods.
Additionally, US ought to launch a domestic Peace Corps mainly for farming. United
State needs to repopulated rural areas as well as encourage beneficial jobs for young individuals.
It is true that our country struggle with issues of unemployment, and still traditional farming
remains disappearing partly since it remains more labor intensive (Cowan, 2016). Educating and

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training the new generation in sustainable agriculture as well as helping them to begin new farms
might be one of the best initiatives. Lastly, cities should pass and enforce their own animal
cruelty prohibitions. While federal as well as state laws would provide more protection to
animals, these local laws remain essential. They not only safeguard the animals in that region-but
they may act as bellwether for those costly protections to come.
Cover Letter
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17/4/2020
House of Representatives Political Groups
United States Congress
Address
Dear Mr/Mrs,
As a citizen concerned with the welfare of the animals, I urge you to focus your attention to the
issue of animal cruelty. It is unfair that everyday an animal gets thrown out on our streets. Some
people even kill them. I would like you to support federal legislation to safeguard animals.
As the educational television programs and internet expand our knowledge of the amazing
creatures around us, United States remains gradually becoming more sensitive to the complex
requirements of animals. With that education, it is true that most of the animals remain not
getting their most basic needs from most of the citizens.

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I have some good ideas that might work. As for me, I think individuals working in pet stores, or
any other places where individuals may buy animals ought to require background checks on the
individuals adopting an animal. They ought to ensure that an individual has a stable home life,
water and food, as well as space for the animal to acquire some exercise. They ought to provide
the necessary basic needs to the animals. They need to determine if the individual is capable of
caring for animals.
I just want our animals to safe from individuals who are out to injure them or worse. Please try to
do something about this. Thank you in advance.
Sincerely,
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(Write your name)
(Write your title)

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References
Cowan, T. (2016). The Animal Welfare Act: background and selected animal welfare legislation.
Congressional Research Service.
Fiber-Ostrow, P., & Lovell, J. S. (2016). Behind a veil of secrecy: Animal abuse, factory farms,
and Ag-Gag legislation. Contemporary Justice Review, 19(2), 230-249.
Hoffer, T., Hargreaves-Cormany, H., Muirhead, Y., & Meloy, J. R. (2018). Historical
Background of Animal Cruelty. In Violence in Animal Cruelty Offenders (pp. 3-4).
Springer, Cham.
Minahim, M. A., Gordilho, H. J. D. S., & Portugal, D. C. (2017). Animal cruelty and information
society.