Animal Abuse, Cats, Dogs, Helping Pets.
These animals were just a few recent victims of America’s violence problem. Others live in pain and fear, abused repeatedly over a period of years. No one knows how many animals are abused or neglected in America each year, but a 1982 study of 53 New Jersey families with a history of child abuse, child sexual abuse or neglect, who also lived with companion animals, may be telling. In 88 percent of the homes in which physical abuse against children took place, animal abuse also occurred.