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Animal cruelty: What are its causes and how to prevent it?
Cruelty towards animals can be avoided with animal welfare education campaigns and robust legislation.
Education on animal welfare is important to avoid abuse and cruelty towards animals. (Free Press Photo, Shuttersock)
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Indigenant tragic scenes in which dogs and cats are battered With viral have been viralized in recent years on social networks and, instead of curbing this behavior, it seems that it increases, so it is essential to take the necessary measures to prevent it.
But before, it is important to know where cruelty originates from animals. In classical psychology, says psychologist Antonio Rivera, coordinator of the group of psychologists, advisors and motivators of Guatemala, The existence of a personality type that does not feel guilt or remorse has been demonstrated by causing harm to another human being; He does not stop, he has no mercy or attends.
His actions range from causing damage to others, through his pets and even other individuals. He feels pleasure to cause injuries, as well as shouting and hitting his own. This type of personality challenges the law and authorities. It justifies saying “deserved it.” The degree of this behavior is mild, moderate and severe, according to the level of pain that the psychologist refers.
This personality manifests from childhood and the environment influences little to change their way of being. Other characteristics of the animal abuser profile is the frustration they vent in any being, and get out of control -they get angry out of nowhere -, So they attack their animals for being close and vulnerable. In addition, they can be very proud, vain and intolerant, so any contradiction draws them emotional balance and make use of violence.
They are people with many family and work problems and do not effectively tune in with almost anyone. It is difficult for them to relate to others not because of their shyness, but for their aggressiveness.
Another external factor that can influence this personality is alcoholism and drug addiction, which can cause loss of the sense of socialization. In that state it is no longer reasoned and acts by emotion. All of the above makes it fall into a sadistic relationship with their pets with whom they take off their frustration and hostility.
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Rivera emphasizes that many people Because of their high level of anger they should not have animals.
For Juan Pablo Yos, a lawyer specialized in animal welfare, the lack of education and values triggers cruelty towards animals and, according to his experience, It manifests itself in people of all socioeconomic levels and throughout the country. The most common complaints of animal abuse that it has attended correspond to zoophilia. “The consequences is to dehumanize more and more and that we can mistreat people and think that nothing has happened, indifferent to the pain of others and respect for life,” he says.
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The Animal Welfare Law and Welfare, Decree 05-2017, is adequate, but the problem is its application in the country, says Yos, Well, before a mistreatment complaint, the animal welfare unit sanction with an administrative fault of 12 minimum wages, The only entity authorized to do so. The problem is that there is no entity that forces the person accused of abuse to pay the fine. The Attorney General’s Office can intervene to make payment effective, but it is a process that can last years, he says.
With the reform 6460, this legislation seeks to become crime of animal abuse, by typifying it in the Criminal Code, which would issue a arrest warrant of the accused person, and a penalty of two to four years in prison switching and a fine of three minimum wages would be punished.
“The reality is that we need about 20 years to reach the level of countries such as Costa Rica, where not only pets are respected and protected, but there is a prosecution against animal abuse. All changes are achieved based on education,” says Yos. “Eight years have passed since the law was approved, which states that the Ministry of Education must include this issue in the school pensum, but it is not yet fulfilled,” Yos points out, who added that various animalist associations ask for the creation of a technical table to review this reform to strengthen actions against animal abusers.
Recommendations
- Raise awareness through social media about the damages of cruelty towards animals.
- Promote in children healthy coexistence with animals.
- Teach personality types in school pensum to identify an aggressor potential.
- The frustrated type aggressor must receive psychotherapy to master their emotional reactions.