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Message: [QUOTE="CuseLegacy, post: 1850083, member: 469"] [URL="http://animallawcoalition.com/nc-gov-perdue-signs-susies-law/"]NC Gov. Perdue Signs Susie’s Law | Animal Law Coalition[/URL] [B]There is a well-established link between animal abuse and domestic violence and other violent crimes.[/B] A [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/magazine/13dogfighting-t.html'][U]June 13, 2010 New York Times article[/U][/URL] illustrates this with a look at a number of studies showing animal abuse is often an indicator of future violence to humans. In one study 71% of women in a battered women’s shelter reported their abuser either abused a household pet or threatened to abuse a pet. (Ascione, 1998) In another study 88% of child abusers also abused the animals in the home. (Ascione) In a study by [B]Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell[/B], Public Health Department, the Johns Hopkins University from 1994 to 2000 in eleven USA metropolitan cities, pet abuse was one of the four significant predictors for determining who was at highest risk for becoming a batterer. Many abused spouses delay leaving out of fear for their pets’ safety and because they have nowhere to take them. 70% of animal abusers were found in one 20 year study to have then committed other crimes, and 44% went on to harm people. (Arluke, A. & Luke, C. 1997). In another study 99% of animal abusers had convictions for other crimes. (Clarke, J. P. 2002). In that same study it was found 100% of people who committed sexual homicide had abused animals. (Clarke, J. P. 2002). That study also revealed 61.5% of animal abusers had assaulted a human as well. (Clarke, J. P. 2002). 63.3% of inmates in a prison study who were in for violent crimes admitted to abusing animals. This doesn’t include the ones who didn’t admit it. (Schiff Louw Ascione, 1999) Police have found animal abuse is a better predictor of whether someone will commit sexual assault than previous convictions for murder or arson. (Clarke, J. P. 2002). [/QUOTE]

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