CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Animal Cruelty (Generally)

2001 Report of Animal Cruelty Cases - study of 1,677 cases in the U.S. (HSUS)
Animal Abuse Crime Database - Internet's largest animal abuse database (Pet-Abuse.com)
Animal Care and Condition Scales - to determine abuse in dogs (Tufts University)
National Animal Abuse Registry - another "Megan's Law"-for-animals-type site
$25,000 Fur Crime Reward - help convict a fur rancher of cruelty, get $25,000
 

Bestiality (Zoophilia)

Animal Sexual Abuse Information & Resource Site - excellent resource
Dog-case secrets unveiled - defendants in S.F. case may have committed bestiality
Heavy Petting - Peter Singer's review of Midas Dekkers' Dearest Pet: On Bestiality
Shag the dog - good point: Why, if it's wrong to rape animals, is it okay to EAT them?
You're an animal: Bestiality and bioethicist Peter Singer - criticism of Heavy Petting
Bestiality Urban Legends - debunks a few myths about zoophilia
 

"Crush" videos

Cruelty cases shed light on violent animal "crush" videos - SF Chronicle (Feb 9, 2000)
Crush Freaks - a crush video supporter's view of this form of animal cruelty
Crush video auteur stands trial - New Mass Media Weekly (Dec 30, 1999)
"Crush" videos: Theater of pain - Animals' Agenda (2000)
Crush Videos - three newspaper articles on the 1999 effort to ban crush videos
Summary of Loretta Swit's Statement in Support of HR 1887 - (Sep 30, 1999)
Summary of Susan Creede's Statement in Support of HR 1887 - (Sep 30, 1999)
 

Animal Hoarding (Collecting)

Animal hoarders offend, perplex - Cincinnati Enquirer (Jan 7, 2001)
Animal Hoarding - research links (Tufts University)
Bibliography of Recent Newspaper Articles - (Tufts University)
"Cat ladies" and other species of hoarders - Washington Post (Dec 12, 2000)
Help for hoarders - Washington Post (Dec 12, 2000)
Hidden world of hoarders - Washington Post (Dec 12, 2000)
Hoarder kicked out of her home - Washington Post (Aug 31, 2001)
Hoarding defined: compulsive acquisition ... - Wash. Post (Dec 12, 2000)
In Fairfax, an open door into hoarders' double lives - Wash. Post (Dec 12, 2000)
People who hoard animals - Psychiatric Times (April 2000)
 

State Animal Cruelty Laws

Animal cruelty laws hard sell - Cincinnati Enquirer (Nov 2, 2002)
State Animal Cruelty Laws - from Animal Protection Institute
State Anti-Cruelty Laws - from Rutgers University's Animal Rights Law Center
 

Cruelty to Animals/ Violence Against People Connection

Animal Abuse and Human Abuse: Partners in Crime - PETA factsheet
Animal/Human Abuse Connection Link Resources - GREAT resource (Pet-Abuse.com)
Beyond Violence - materials from Psychologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Carol Adams' Website - re: link between animal cruelty and violence against women
Children Who Are Cruel - bibliography (from American Humane)
Culture of Violence: The Animal Connection Slideshow - from PsyETA (43 slides)
Forgotten victims of domestic violence - The Animal Guardian (Fall 2000)
Grupo para el Estudio de la Violencia en Humanos y Animales - in Spanish
HSUS's First Strike Program - SUPER source re: the cruelty--violence connection
Keith Hunter Jesperson ("Happy Face Killer") - serial killer began by killing animals
On beyond violence - The Animal Guardian (Summer 2000)
Rancho Coastal H. S. "Animal Safehouse" - for animal victims of domestic violence
Rhode Island Senate Res. 128 - created commission to study cruelty-violence link
School shootings: Childhood animal abuse is a danger signal - letter to ed. from M.D.
U.S. House of Reps. Concurrent Res. 286 - and Rep. Lantos' statement (June 1998)
The web of cruelty: What animal abuse tells us about humans - by Arnold Arluke
The vicious circle - The Animal Guardian (Fall 1998)
Violence against human beings and other animals:...serial murder and animal abuse
A violence predictor schools should heed - Education Week (Nov 17, 1999)
Violence Warning Signs - includes "enjoying hurting animals" (American Psych. Assoc.)
 

Notorious Cases of Animal Cruelty (in Chronological Order)

Animal Cruelty Actionline - recent cruelty cases from around the country (ALDF)
Prison for stalker who threw dog to its [sic] death - CNN.com (Dec 20, 2002)
Belcross Farm Pig Cruelty - first felony conviction of factory farm workers (May 15, 2000)
Breeder facing animal cruelty ... ordered to pay $198,000 - (Sep 17, 1999)
Noah's Ark Massacre - two teens bludgeoned to death 20 shelter cats in March 1997