Definitions: What is Animal Cruelty?

Question 1

ON MIDTERM
What are one’s motivations for abusing animals?

(Why are people cruel to animals?)

Answer 1

-To control/retaliate against an animal
-To control/retaliate against the animal’s owner
-Non-specific sadism
-Out of fear/prejudice against a species/breed
-To express aggression by making an animal violent/aggressive
-To shock others for amusement/person’s own pleasure
-To fit in with a person’s peer group

Question 2

Commission

Answer 2

A person intends to hurt an animal, often maliciously, and causes severe injury/death

Question 3

Omission

Answer 3

An animal suffers b/c they are not given the necessities of life

Question 4

What are the 4 Types of Action?

Answer 4

1. Cruelty
2. Abuse
3. Neglect
4. Use

Question 5

What is the perpetrator’s motivation for Cruelty?

Answer 5

Takes satisfaction from suffering

Question 6

What is the perpetrator’s motivation for Abuse?

Answer 6

Derives satisfaction from dominance/behavioral response

Question 7

What is the perpetrator’s motivation for Neglect?

Answer 7

No satisfaction derived!

Question 8

What is the perpetrator’s motivation for Use?

Answer 8

Justified by claims to personal, financial, societal gains

Question 9

American criminal law is based upon the concept of…?

Answer 9

Mens rea