Animal abuse is out there and is a crime committed in many ways. There is passive and active abuse. Within passive abuse there is neglect, ignorance of the animal and improper care being given. Active abuse consists of hitting, striking, killing, forcing an animal to fight, and also chaining and tethering. A lot of abuse is coming from many different kinds of people with different kinds of reasoning’s behind why the abuse took place. No matter how the abuse or why the abuse took place there are still laws that deal with animal abuse. The laws for animal abuse should be and need to be taken in to greater consideration and when considered they need to be used and treated properly. Abuse is only one thing but you can help with stopping this crime by just not committing the crime and showing others what to do. Animal abuse is in the world and every time an animal is hurt who is to really blame. When considering why animals are abused cops need to be very cautious on how they state things in order to keep themselves out of trouble. So when looking at animal abuse in different ways it should always be taken seriously and is always wrong.