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7 results foundAuthor: Hughes, Gordon Title: Research Project Report: Status Dogs, Young People and Criminalisation: Towards a Preventative Strategy Summary: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has anecdotal and, to some degree, internal statistical evidence to suggest that in recent years there has been a dramatic increase in individuals owning and using dogs in harmful or criminal behaviour in the UK. In the financial year 2009-10 the Metropolitan Police Service (London) reported that they had seized and dealt with 1152 prohibited and dangerous dogs (RSPCA 2010a) an increase of 60% on the previous year. Between 2004 and 2008 the RSPCA saw a 12-fold increase (ibid) in calls reporting dog-fighting. Some 55% of the calls to the RSPCA in 2009 concerning 'dog fighting' referred to youths or 'hoodies' fighting their dogs in the street or park. These so-called 'status dogs' are of certain breeds/types - both legal and illegal - and often have the label of 'dangerous' referring, it would appear, both to other dogs and to humans. Anti-social behaviour with dogs is a widely reported issue that affects many people, mainly in urban areas, and is occasionally associated with 'gang' crime and more generally young people and their peer groups 'on the streets'. The RSPCA's core business is to prevent cruelty to animals and the organisation is the primary, albeit nongovernmental, enforcer of animal welfare legislation in England and Wales. The Society's Inspectorate have reported an increase in the numbers of these types of dogs; changes in the situations in and purpose for which they are being kept; and who the owners are. Animal centres have noticed a significant increase in status dog breeds which in itself has presented 'kennel blocking' and re-homing problems. Meanwhile animal hospitals and clinics have seen a worrying increase in the numbers of these dogs presented for fighting injuries which perhaps backs up the anecdotal evidence that ad hoc street dog fighting - referred to as 'rolling' = is indeed on the increase. Thus far the work of the RSPCA on the issue of status dogs has concentrated on mapping the Society's own experiences, developing a network of enforcers and influencing relevant policies with housing providers. In addition in March 2009 the Metropolitan Police set up a Status Dogs Unit to which the RSPCA ensured an officer worked alongside this Unit specifically on this issue. The Society is also running a re-homing campaign designed to educate the public on the suitability of some of these dogs as pets (RSPCA 2011). In addition ten 'hot spots' have been identified using RSPCA data and reviewed by adding in local authority and police data (such as strays and seizures) across England and Wales where special project groups are being set up across these three bodies to pilot locally designed responses to the use of status dogs in anti-social behaviour. This builds on work already developed in and around the London area and it is hoped by the RSPCA that such interventions can be better evaluated and different models tested. Details: Cardiff, Wales: Cardiff Centre for Crime, Law and Justice, Cardiff University; Horsham, UK: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2011. 72p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 16, 2012 at: http://politicalanimal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hughes-Maher-Lawson-Status-Dogs-report-2011.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://politicalanimal.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Hughes-Maher-Lawson-Status-Dogs-report-2011.pdf Shelf Number: 126050 Keywords: Animal AbuseAnimal CrueltyDog FightingDogsYouth Gangs |
Author: Born Free Foundation Title: Pet Shop Primates: An Investigation into the Sale of Non-Human Primates by Licensed Pet Shops in England Summary: Many people may be shocked to discover that it is still possible to walk into a high-street pet shop in England and buy a primate. Experts agree that primates are ill-suited for private ownership, where their behavioural, psychological, and environmental needs cannot be met, and consequently we would like to see an end to the keeping of primates as pets. In 2014 the Born Free Foundation commissioned an investigation into the sale of primates in licensed pet shops in England to contribute to a better understanding of the scale and scope of problems relating to the sale and keeping of primates as pets. 22nd August 2014 marked the release of Pet Shop Primates, a report based on the findings of this investigation. The investigation focused solely on licensed pet shops with high street premises. Private sellers, online advertisers and animal dealers were not included. It is highly likely that the majority of the trade in primates occurs away from the high street. With information gathered under Freedom of Information from local authorities, Born Free was able to identify 21 pet shops in England licensed to sell primates. The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA) has estimated that there may be as many as 43 pet shops across the UK licensed to sell primates. The key findings of the report reveal that: - Pet shops are willing to sell single primates, without at least verifying with the potential purchaser that the primate would be housed with others of the same species. - Staff at one shop did not appear to know that a marmoset was a monkey. - Pet shops were inconsistent in their advice regarding where and how to keep primates - for example, recommending that primates could be housed in a spare room or garage. - There were concerns for the welfare of some primates kept in pet shops, with monkeys in one shop on sale in cages traditionally used to keep parrots In 2010 the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Privately Kept Non-Human Primates was published by Defra. The Code of Practice applies to primates kept in private ownership and acts as a guide to meeting the requirements of the Animal Welfare Act. The Code is scheduled for review in 2015 but we believe that even if it is expanded to provide more detail, is will never be able to guarantee the welfare of primates as pets, as a consequence of the incompatibility between the animals' biology and needs and the domestic environment. Nonetheless, our investigation indicates several areas where purchasing primates from pet shops may not meet the guidelines in the Code of Practice. Furthermore, there is an urgent need to review and update the Pet Animals Act which deals with the sale of animals and the licensing of pet shops and has remained largely unchanged since 1951. We are calling on the UK government to make this a priority. Adam Roberts, Acting CEO of the Born Free Foundation said: "There is an overwhelming and increasing body of evidence and opinion that primates do not fare well as pets. The UK Government needs to move swiftly to close the loopholes that allow the sale of primates to the general public. An increasing number of other countries have taken action on: for example, the keeping of primates as pets is banned in some EU countries such as the Netherlands and Hungary, while the United States senate has started moving national legislation to end the pet primate trade". Ultimately we are convinced that no regulatory system can safeguard the welfare of primates when kept privately, and that a ban on the trade and private keeping of all species of primates should be introduced across the UK. Details: London: Born Free Foundation, 2014. 11p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 28, 2014 at: http://www.bornfree.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/files/zoo_check/reports/Pet-Shop-Primates.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.bornfree.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/files/zoo_check/reports/Pet-Shop-Primates.pdf Shelf Number: 133156 Keywords: Animal CrueltyAnimal TradeWildlife Crime (U.K.) |
Author: McClure, David Title: Developing an Evidence-Base for the Understanding and Prevention of Dog Fighting Crimes Summary: The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is excited to share with you our next Prosecutor's Report: Developing an Evidence-Base for the Understanding and Prevention of Dog Fighting Crimes. APA has developed this series of publications to provide knowledge, insight and examples of innovative practices which are creating safer communities. Our goal is to provide prosecutors with the requisite skills to strengthen links between the criminal justice system and the community while promoting partnership building and encouraging problem-solving strategies. APA has published this most recent Prosecutor's Report in partnership with the Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University in order to provide an extensive overview of dog fighting so that criminal justice practitioners may use this monograph to develop individual strategies to reduce this violent crime. This monograph includes the pertinent research, and considers the most promising avenues for successfully preventing, responding to and prosecuting dog fighting. Dog fighting may be used to facilitate other serious crimes and perpetrators of cruelty to animals are significantly more likely to commit violent crimes against humans. In many cases the perpetrators of this vicious crime are using animal brutality to send a signal to the community of the violence they are capable of perpetrating if their criminal actions are reported to the authorities. Many participants in dog fighting are members of criminal street gangs and criminal activity involving guns, drugs and gambling often occurs in and around fights. Understanding and preventing dog fighting can provide a valuable tool for prosecutors, investigators and our community partners. Details: Washington, DC: Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, 2011. 27p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 10, 2014 at: http://www.apainc.org/files/DDF/Dog%20Fighting%20Monograph%20APA%20Format%20FINAL.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.apainc.org/files/DDF/Dog%20Fighting%20Monograph%20APA%20Format%20FINAL.pdf Shelf Number: 134010 Keywords: Animal CrueltyDog FightingDogsGangsProsecutors |
Author: Care for the Wild International Title: Exploiting the Tiger: Illegal Trade, Animal Cruelty and Tourists at Risk at the Tiger Temple Summary: Following the worldwide broadcast of a two-part television documentary on the Thai Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi by Animal Planet, this facility has become a popular tourist destination that attracts hundreds of international visitors each day. The Tiger Temple's success is based around claims that its tigers were rescued from poachers and live and move freely and peacefully amongst the temple's monks, who are actively engaged in conservation and rescue work. Prompted by concerns raised by tourists and Tiger Temple volunteer workers, Care for the Wild International's (CWI) investigation uncovered disturbing evidence of serious conservation and animal welfare concerns, including: - illegal tiger trafficking - systematic physical abuse of the tigers held at the temple, and - high risk interactions between tigers and tourists. This report is based on information collected between 2005 and 2008. Details: Kingsfold, UK: Care for the Wild International, 2008. 26p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 4, 2015 at: http://www.careforthewild.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tigertemplereport08_final_v11.pdf Year: 2008 Country: Thailand URL: http://www.careforthewild.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tigertemplereport08_final_v11.pdf Shelf Number: 135909 Keywords: Animal CrueltyIllegal Wildlife Trade Tigers Tourism Wildlife Conservation Wildlife Crime |
Author: Addington, Lynn A. Title: Animal Cruelty Crime Statistics: Findings from a Survey of State Uniform Crime Reporting Programs Summary: Animal cruelty is a crime throughout the United States, and certain forms of animal cruelty are felonies in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The connection between animal cruelty and other forms of violence is well established (Ascione, 2001; Vaughn, et al., 2009; Walton-Moss, et al., 2005). Taken together, these facts support the need to include animal cruelty data in national crime statistics. In 2003, an effort began to have the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) collect and code animal cruelty crimes as part of its Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR). The motivation for this change is two-fold. First, obtaining animal cruelty data would allow for annual estimates as well as identification of trends over time. Second, these data would be available to researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to promote a better understanding of animal cruelty and develop evidence-based policy. At first, this effort sought to obtain a legislative remedy compelling the collection of animal cruelty data. After a series of exchanges with the FBI, staff from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) met with personnel from the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) to discuss the dimensions of this proposal. One issue that arose from these meetings was a lack of knowledge regarding what, if any, animal cruelty data were being collected by state UCR programs. To better understand the collection of animal cruelty data as well as interest among state UCR programs in such data, AWI, with consultant Dr. Lynn Addington of American University, surveyed members of the Association of State Uniform Crime Reporting Programs (ASUCRP). This report discusses the findings from that survey. Details: Washington, DC: Animal Welfare Institute, 2012. 20p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 16, 2016 at: https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/products/ca-12fbireportfinal040312_0.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/products/ca-12fbireportfinal040312_0.pdf Shelf Number: 138689 Keywords: Animal CrueltyAnimal WelfareCrime Statistics |
Author: Arkow, Phil Title: A Link Across the Lifespan: Animal Abuse as a Marker for Traumatic Experiences in Child Abuse, Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Summary: Until relatively recently, health and social services professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public considered animal cruelty as a stand-alone issue, important to animals' well-being but of only marginal significance to individual and community health and safety. This marginalization, based upon cultural themes that animals are merely property, that animal abuse is a normal occurrence among children and adolescents, and that human welfare priorities supersede animals' interests, is somewhat ironic. Other themes deeply embedded in Western philosophy express concern that children who abuse animals may grow up to exhibit escalating and dangerous interpersonal violence and antisocial behaviors. Meanwhile, the child protection movement originated in the animal protection field: the first child abuse cases were prosecuted by societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals and many humane societies had dual roles in child and animal protection for many decades. This paradigm is rapidly shifting today as recent programs, policy, public awareness and research resoundingly redefine animal cruelty and its various manifestations - abuse, neglect, animal hoarding, and animal fighting - as a form of family and community violence. Animal abuse is not only a crime in itself but also often serves as a bellwether, a marker and a predictor of child maltreatment, domestic violence and elder abuse. Details: Shakopee, MN: Academy on Violence and Abuse, 2015. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 18, 2018 at: http://nationallinkcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AVA-Link-Across-the-Lifespan.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://nationallinkcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/AVA-Link-Across-the-Lifespan.pdf Shelf Number: 149845 Keywords: Animal AbuseAnimal CrueltyChild Abuse and NeglectChild ProtectionDomestic ViolenceElder AbuseFamily Violence |
Author: Sollund, Ragnhild Title: Animal Abuse, Animal Rights and Species Justice Summary: In this paper I want to introduce criminologists who are unfamiliar with green criminology to the topic of animal abuse and speciesism. I will give an overview of its history and contributions I regard as important in this particular field, provide empirical examples and point to theoretical discussions which are central in the analysis of animal abuse, whether legal or illegal. Finally I will suggest where the field could be heading in the future. For a nonspeciesist criminology: Animal abuse as an object of study, published in 1999 in Criminology, Piers Beirne established that animal abuse should be positioned within criminology. Beirne emphasises here that animal abuse should be studied because it is a signifier of actual or potential interhuman conflict, (2) an existing object of criminal law, (3) an item in the utilitarian calculus on the avoidance of pain and suffering, (4) a violation of rights, and (5) one of several oppressions identified by feminism as an interconnected whole. Details: Oslo, Norway: University of Oslo, Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, 2013. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 18, 2019 at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308878859_ANIMAL_ABUSE_ANIMAL_RIGHTS_AND_SPECIES_JUSTICE_1 Year: 2013 Country: International URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308878859_ANIMAL_ABUSE_ANIMAL_RIGHTS_AND_SPECIES_JUSTICE_1 Shelf Number: 156496 Keywords: Animal AbuseAnimal CrueltyAnimal NeglectAnimal RightsAnimal WelfareGreen Criminology |