i disagreed. most people who tortured animals have psychological problems of their own. those problems can either be mental or social. only a small amount of people in this country torture animals for fun and when they gets caught and go to jail, it is only than authority learn about their mental or social problems in the past that makes them behave that way. a healthy person who own pets are more stable and less likely to abuse pet than a mental one. so i feel they should be background checks