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"The co -occurrence of animal abuse and some forms of criminal behavior
demands that we make understanding this link part of our approach to fighting
crime in our society". — Laurie Robinson - Assistant Attorney General, Department
of Justice
LINK BETWEEN ANIMAL ABUSE & VIOLENT CRIMES:
Until recently, violence towards children, partners, and the elderly had been
considered to be unrelated to violence towards animals. However, overwhelming
scientific research demonstrates the close relationship between animal cruelty and
other types of crimes, including interpersonal violence, property crimes, and drug
offenses. The body of research that has established this strong association also
reveals that people who commit acts of cruelty towards animals rarely stop there.
Such cruelty is often a marker of a perpetrator with a higher tendency toward
violence.
WARNING — THESE VERY DESCRIPTIVE FACTS MAY BE DISTURBING
TO SOME!
DRAMATICALLY SUPPORTING THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ARE
CASES THAT HAVE CAPTURED THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION:
SERIAL KILLERS:
WHO COMMITTED ANIMAL CRUELTY CRIMES PRIOR TO THEIR
CAREERS AS SERIAL KILLERS.
o Ted Bundy,
o Richard Chase,
o Carroll Edward Cole (linked with 35 murders and executed for 5),
o Jeffrey Dahmer (who killed and cannibalized his victims),
o Albert DeSalvo (the Boston Strangler who killed 13 women),
o Dennis Rader,
o Gary Ridgeway
All engaged in acts of animal cruelty prior to their careers as serial killers.
SCHOOL SHOOTERS:
SHARED A COMMON FEATURE ... PRIOR TO KILLING THEIR
CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS, ALL OF THE BOYS INVOLVED IN
THESE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS HAD PERFORMED ACTS OF ANIMAL
CRUELTY SUCH AS SHOOTING DOGS, SETTING CATS ON FIRE,
BLOWING UP COWS, AND KILLING OTHER SMALL ANIMALS.
o Pearl, Mississippi
o West Paducah, Kentucky
o Jonesboro, Arkansas
o Springfield, Oregon
o Littleton, Colorado
o Conyers, Georgia
o San Diego, California
Contract killer Richard Kuklinski abused animals as a youth.
ANIMAL ABUSERS:
MISTREAT CHILDREN AS WELL.
WARNING — THESE VERY DESCRIPTIVE FACTS MAY BE DISTURBING
TO SOME!
o Stephen Williams hacked his wife's puppy to death with an ax and threatened to
decapitate her with the same weapon in front of three horrified children.
o Scott Maust of Pennsylvania was charged with corruption of minors, making
terroristic threats, and cruelty to animals after allegedly shooting his family's dog
with a .22-caliber firearm, ordering his four children to clean up the bloody scene,
and threatening to kill them if they told anyone.
o Jade M. Jonas and Michael R. Smith faced felony charges after authorities
reportedly discovered their two children as well as three dogs in their filthy home.
Not only was there a tethered dog outside the home who had been deprived of
food and water but also a 3-month-old boy lying near piles of feces, trash, and
rotten food, a half -clothed toddler and two additional dogs.
o John Morris was the subject of neighbor's concerns to police because of sick
and emaciated dogs confined in dirty animal carriers. Upon entering the home,
authorities found 40 parasite -ridden dogs living amid 6 inches of feces on
property. They also found that three children ages 3, 10, and 15 lived in the horrific
conditions as well.
MASS MURDERERS:
ALSO HAD ANIMAL CRUELTY IN THEIR BACKGROUNDS.
o Patrick Sherrill, who killed 14 coworkers at a post office and then shot himself,
had a history of stealing local pets and allowing his own dog to attack and mutilate
them,
o Brenda Spencer, who opened fire at a San Diego school, killing two children and
injuring nine others, had repeatedly abused cats and dogs.
SADISTIC KILLERS:
ALSO FOLLOWED A SIMILAR PATTERN.
o Earl Kenneth Shriner, who raped, stabbed, and mutilated a 7-year-old boy, had
been widely known in his neighborhood as the man who put firecrackers in dogs'
rectums and strung up cats.
The recent arrest of Interpol fugitive Luka Magnotta served as a rude reminder
that animal cruelty is not a crime to be taken lightly. Magnotta was arrested in
Germany for murdering, mutilating and cannibalizing a young man in Montreal,
Canada. Magnotta recorded video of the murder, then posted it on the Internet.
For two years prior, animal activists had been searching for a young man who had
posted videos of himself online, torturing and killing cats. Montreal law
enforcement has since identified the animal abuser as Magnotta.
Analyses by sociologists, psychologists and criminologists during the past 25
years show that perpetrators of animal cruelty frequently do not stop with animal
victims. Many will move on to commit acts of violence against humans. A 1997
study by Northeastern University and the Massachusetts SPCA reported that
nearly 40% of animal abusers had committed violent crimes against people.