Annotated Bibliography

ASPCA. "11 Facts about Animal Testing." Do Something. Do Something, 23 Apr. 2012. Web. 05 Nov. 2012. <http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-animal-testing>.

This website offers 11 facts about animal testing. These are just as I said, facts, and not opinions. The only place you will find opinions on this page is in the comment section below that readers have left. It mentions statistics on costs the labs spend on acquiring and using animals and the number of animals that labs have reported using in a given year. The list also contains information on how the animals are treated while being held in the labs before being tested on and after they are tested on and the scientists wait on results. Some of these facts and statistics really are shocking and I cannot wait to throw some of these numbers around in one or more of my upcoming blog posts.

PETA. "More Info on Animals Used for Entertainment." Www.peta.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2012. <http://www.peta.org/issues/Animals-In-Entertainment/default2.aspx>.

As opposed to the previous site, this organization is very much opinionated. PETA stands for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Through this organization you can pledge, donate, and volunteer to help in the fight against animal cruelty. It tells stories of how animals have been abused for the purpose of human entertainment. About how animals are being exploited, beaten, and malnourished in places that humans go to see a show such as the circus. Even something as innocent as a petting zoo can be a harbor for animal cruelty. This site includes a video that PETA recorded while undercover at the circus. I will definitely be including this video in one of my posts just as a behind the scenes look at what can actually happen and often times does actually happen when humans work with animals for the purpose of entertainment.

American Humane Association. "Report Animal Abuse." Report Animal Abuse. AHE, 2011. Web. 01 Nov. 2012. <http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/stop-animal-abuse/report-animal-abuse/>.

This page that I sited leads to four additional pages. These additional pages are articles on how to evaluate, report, understand, and prevent animal abuse. Each article goes into depth and detail about the different signs of animal abuse including how to spot starvation, neglect, and physical abuse. In the next article it describes different tactics used and different place and people you can report the abuse that you've witnessed to. But, as described in the next article, there are legal issues with reporting some abuse. The article talks about the laws against animals violence and how they tend to vary state to state.
Pet-Abuse. "Abuse Connection - The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Interpersonal Violence | Pet-Abuse.Com Animal Cruelty Database." Abuse Connection - The Link Between Animal Cruelty and Interpersonal Violence | Pet-Abuse.Com Animal Cruelty Database. SPCA, 2001. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. <http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/abuse_connection.php>.

This article talks about the link that has been made, the line that has been drawn, connecting violence towards animals to severe crimes such as murder later in the humans life. It give specific examples of cases where convicted murderers and serial killers have admitted to, as children and/or young adults, been harsh, violent, and even lethal towards animals. It breaks a lot of terms, phrases, and statements down to their bare essentials. Things like the phycological explanation for why a person would commit a crime such as rape. Then it compares that definition to the definition of why a person would mutilate or kill an animal. The similarities in the explanations are chillingly similar and this article really persuades that they not be overlooked.

YouTube. Dir. TheLastOutpost. Perf. 7.30 News Cast Undercover Team. Extreme Animal Cruelty in Australia. YouTube, 09 Mar. 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMV8SHQCG9g>.

This video was very disturbing to watch. It is a news report on endangered sea animal cruelty that goes on among the native tribes in Australia. It explains why it is legal for the tribes to do this on their land where compared to any where else on the island it would be punishable by law. The report tells that the only reason the natives are allowed to exhibit such cruelty on and among the animals is because it is "necessary to satisfy their cultural needs". The legislature in Australia didn't want a human equality battle on their hands so they simply just overlook these horrifying acts of cruelty. The report also addresses how tourists and locals respond to the natives hunting and slaughtering of the animals. There have been many confrontations and even fights that have broken out over this controversial issue.

ASPCA. "ASPCA Arrests Queens Woman for Neglecting, Starving Yorkie." ASPCA Blog. ASPCA, 22 Aug. 2012. Web. 19 Oct. 2012. <http://blog.aspca.org/content/aspca-arrests-queens-woman-neglecting-starving-yorkie>.

This is a blog post/article of a story about a woman who was arrested in Queens, New York for neglecting and starving her dog. The dog had been in the custody of the ASPCA for approximately two months before his owner was finally put behind bars. The woman had brought her dog into the shelter and asked them to help claiming to not know how her dog ended up looking like he did, which was pretty out of shape. The shelter took him to the animal hospital where, upon thorough examination, was pronounced emaciated, anemic, suffering from pressure sores, and nonetheless...starved. If and when this woman is convicted of her misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty, she will face a $1000 fine and up to one year in jail. As for her dog, Hershey, he has made a 94% increase in body weight and is almost complete in his recovery. Once completely recovered he will be put up for adoption and hopefully going to a family that will treat him with the love and care that his previous owner did not give him.