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Article: The Humane Society Of The United States Releases Yearlong Study On Animal Cruelty In America
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 12, 2001
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WASHINGTON, April 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Humane Society of the
United States (HSUS), as part of its First Strike(r) Campaign, has
released the findings of a yearlong study on animal cruelty in the
United States. Results from the study show an extremely high number
of intentional cruelty cases were committed by male teens under the
age of eighteen. The research also shows that a large number of
cases of intentional animal cruelty also involved some form of
family violence whether domestic violence, child abuse or elder
abuse.
The HSUS, the nation's largest animal protection organization
with more than seven million constituents, is releasing this
information in recognition of the first ...