What is Cruelty to animals?
[[File:Cruelty in the transport of unweaned calves in Europe 2018.webm|thumb|Cruelty in the transport of unweaned calves in Europe 2018]] '''Cruelty to animals''' is when a person harms or even kills an [[animal]] or pet. There is a [[fine]] in some countries and in more serious cases one can go to [[jail]]. The animal that suffers could be stolen, or it could be the owner abusing their own pet. Some ways in which people could abuse the animal would be by locking it, keeping it tied to a [[chain]], giving it little or no [[food]] or [[water]], kicking and hurting it, yelling and scaring it or leaving it outside in cold or hot [[weather]] for a long period of time. Sometimes people will also abandon their [[pet]]. Some examples of animal cruelty are neglect, hoarding, or physical abuse. ==Related pages== *[[Animal testing]] *[[Animal welfare]] *[[Animal rights]] *[[Veganism]] ==Other websites== * [http://www.animalethics.org.uk Brute Ethics:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005015/http://www.animalethics.org.uk/ |date=2020-11-12 }} animal ethics encyclopedia [[Category:Animal rights]] [[Category:Types of crime]] [[Category:Abuse]] {{biology-stub}}