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You get longer for abusing a dog then you do a child?
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I realise the title of this thread is a bit crappy but didn't know what else to put
But what I'm trying to say is when it is found out that someone is abusing/neglecting an animal, they can get 10 years imprisonment. However if parents are found to be abusing (whether that be physical, sexual or emotional) or neglecting a child, they sometimes get less. Why is this? Don't get me wrong, any kind of abuse is wrong whether its to a human or animal and I know that Britain is the country of animal lovers but children (like myself) who have been abused in the past and dont see justice being done, damages them for life. Abuse itself does this but knowing that the police are taking the case no further and let's the abusers just walk around on the streets is mental torture.
I think the whole system should be looked at. Who's with me?
But what I'm trying to say is when it is found out that someone is abusing/neglecting an animal, they can get 10 years imprisonment. However if parents are found to be abusing (whether that be physical, sexual or emotional) or neglecting a child, they sometimes get less. Why is this? Don't get me wrong, any kind of abuse is wrong whether its to a human or animal and I know that Britain is the country of animal lovers but children (like myself) who have been abused in the past and dont see justice being done, damages them for life. Abuse itself does this but knowing that the police are taking the case no further and let's the abusers just walk around on the streets is mental torture.
I think the whole system should be looked at. Who's with me?
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It's possibly worth bearing in mind that the only time you'll ever see anything about animal cruelty cases is when the conviction is made - so the view you get of them is a very narrow one. As animals don't have their own voice, cases of animal cruelty will only ever get picked up when there is a mountain of evidence in place - which means that they're going to have quite high conviction rates because without the evidence they wouldn't have been noticed in the first place. Cases involving people are much more complicated. Our justice system looks for evidence beyond reasonable doubt. If they are only two people involved in an incident, and it's out of sight of others/recording systems then it will always be very difficult to prosecute as it comes to one persons word against another.
It's understandable that you're feeling angry at the moment, and nice that you're strong enough to make that clear
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