Animal Cruelty: Exploitation By the Supposedly Good, Cruelty By The Bad

An inordinate amount of money funds organizations and individuals that claim to address dog fighting and animal cruelty. They play on peoples' heartstrings. They exploit animal cruelty for their own gain.

Public law enforcement is already funded to respond to crime, including for laws pertaining to animal cruelty. Public law enforcement needs to respond appropriately to dog fighting and animal cruelty laws. These laws are already in the criminal codes, but are meaningless if not enforced widely and appropriately when encountered. The advocacy to make this possible will never occur until the organizations and animal advocates that sell themselves as the defenders for animals stop exploiting animal cruelty and dog fighting for their own gain and profit.

Because animals cannot speak for themselves in a way that people can understand, they will continue to be victimized by their alleged defenders and by their abusers. Domestic violence victims, because they can speak, would never tolerate the poor police response and the exploitation response that animals are forced to endure.

Until then, the dance will continue between what law enforcement minimally does, and what a number of animal organizations and animal advocates pretend to do.