What drives people to be cruel to animals

[Catherine]

This is a dark subject, but the article is good. It looks at the link between childhood cruelty to animals and later antisocial behavior. 
There is a link between cruelty to animals and later cruelty to animals and people. That cruelty can manifest itself as torture and murder. It is a serious issue that needs a lot of study.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style...44721.html


The more we understand this cruelty,  the more we can find ways to change the outcome. There must be ways of intervening early enough to help someone and prevent  them from becoming a killer. Even intervening to prevent a child from growing up and abusing animals later is a big step. Every day I read articles about adults abusing animals. That abuse didn't just happen. There must have been roots of the behavior in earlier life. If we want to prevent animal abuse we need to stop it where it first starts. Maybe adults need to be more careful how they treat animals so children don't get the wrong message. Maybe we need to look around us and see what messages children are receiving about animals. It is something we should think about.