Our Children are supposed
to be our future. Well on July 29, 2012 two girls and one boy from
Watsonville under the age of 10, viciously attacked three kittens. A
witness reported it to the authorities and gave a description of the
children. The Santa Cruz County animal shelter manager found the
kittens in the street. One of the children threw a kitten against a
wall causing severe brain damage causing it to be euthanized. The
Shelter manager also found the other two kittens with rope tied
around their necks, restricting their breathing. Thank God, they
survived. The National School Safety Council, the U.S. Department of
Education, the American Psychological Association, and the National
Crime Prevention Council all agree that animal cruelty is a warning
sign for at-risk youth. Studies show that chronic physical aggression
(e.g., animal cruelty) by elementary school boys increases the
likelihood they will commit continued physical violence as well as
other nonviolent forms of delinquency during adolescence.[vi] A child
who abuses animals may also be acting out against violence in his own
home.[vii]. Professional intervention can remove a child from a
potentially abusive situation and divert him or her from future
abusive behavior. Experts agree that early prevention and treatment
of animal cruelty is the key to stopping the cycle of violence,
because as aggressive children get older, they are less responsive to
therapeutic intervention. I think animal cruelty at an early age is
signs of a sociopath that will grow up being an abuser or serial
killer. The parents of these three children should be charged with
contributing to the delinquency of a minor and neglect. Not to know
where your young child is and what they’re doing is neglect. Both
the children and the parents should also have serious counseling. The
Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter officials asked authorities to
charge them with felony animal cruelty. I’m so glad these three
children were caught I don’t want to imagine what they would have
grown up to be. Maybe it is not too late for them. In the song “The
Greatest Love Of All” the opening the first verse says it all.
“I believe the children
are our future; teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them
all the beauty they possess inside. Give them a sense of pride, to
make it easier; let the children’s laughter remind us how we used
to be.”
LM
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