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Animal cruelty: Definitions and sociology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2006

Andrew Nicholas Rowan*
Affiliation:
Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C.20037

Abstract:

The definition of cruelty used by the author is broad and ambiguous and does not distinguish between acts of sadism, abuse, and neglect that all lead to the suffering of other beings. Some of the research involving animal cruelty is reviewed with the aim of raising questions about the relevance of the painblooddeath (PBD) complex described by Nell.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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