Diagnosis of animal abuse: A Brazilian study

Gomes, Laiza Bonela; Paiva, Marcelo Teixeira; Lisboa, Luísa de Oliveira; Oliveira, Camila Stefanie Fonseca de; Garcia, Rita de Cássia Maria; Soares, Danielle Ferreira de Magalhães

doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105421

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“…Animal abuse can be both physical, for instance through hitting, kicking, strangling, or throwing an animal, as well as psychological [44][45][46][47][48]. Interestingly, next to posing a risk to animal welfare, several studies associate animal abuse to an animal's aggressive behaviours, including biting [42,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] and the high prevalence of animal abuse in our study on severe biting incidents, seems in concord with these earlier findings.…”

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Factors regarding the dog owner’s household situation, antisocial behaviours, animal views and animal treatment in a population of dogs confiscated after biting humans and/ or other animals

et al. 2023

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To examine the dog ownership factors characteristic to a population of dogs confiscated after a human and/ or animal-directed biting incident, we compared bite risk assessment reports of 159 confiscated dogs in the time frame 2008, 2009, 2010 (tf1) and of 215 confiscated dogs in the time frame 2020, 2021, 2022 (until mid-May; tf2). The reports were compiled by the same institute in a standardized format. We studied frequencies and chi-square pairwise comparisons (P<0.05) for 30 identified ownership factors. Overall (tf1 and tf2), 1,308 ownership factors were mentioned in the reports and reports mentioning ≥5 factors were twice as frequent in tf2 (38%) than tf1 (16%). Our data suggest that nine factors may in particular serve as a warning signal for biting incidents, as these factors were most frequently (≥15%) prevalent in the total of reported cases: having a multiple dog household, a dog reportedly roaming a neighbourhood without an owner, a dog’s care tasks being transferred, a short leash and muzzle obligation served to the owner for a dog, an isolated and/ or confined keeping of a dog, a dog owner’s (suspected) substance abuse, a dog owner’s (suspected) animal abuse, a dog owner aggressing at confiscation of the dog and a dog owner being reported on for antisocial behaviours such as intimidation. Particularly, a dog owner’s aggressive or antisocial behaviours and previous obligations to muzzle and short leash a dog (in our dataset often inappropriately adhered to by owners), may indicate that a proportion of owners of confiscated dogs, may not always be willing and/ or capable to guarantee societal safety. The results show that identification of dog ownership factors, might be useful for establishing biting incident policies and further studies should be done on preventive measures and controls.

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Factors regarding the dog owner’s household situation, antisocial behaviours, animal views and animal treatment in a population of dogs confiscated after biting humans and/ or other animals

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“…Income did not influence other items besides resting surface; schooling did not influence any item or the number of dogs. The fact that the category that presented the worst level of knowledge is that of comfort coincides with what has been observed in surveys of complaints of mistreatment of animals [19,34]. This demonstrates that, although knowledge about comfort indicators has been satisfactory, there are still individuals who do not consider it essential for the environment to present adequate conditions for the comfort of dogs.…”

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“…This study facilitated an assessment of the knowledge and awareness of individuals within this sample regarding fundamental dog care, which is integral to their well-being. The overall level of knowledge was deemed satisfactory, despite the prevalent occurrence of neglectful maltreatment in cases typically investigated in Brazil [19]. It's worth noting that the sampling method, based on the Snowball technique and reliant on voluntary participation, may have influenced this perception.…”

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“…Neglect is characterized by a failure to provide essential necessities for a healthy life, such as food, water, veterinary care, cleanliness, and proper sanitation, resulting in deteriorated physical conditions. Neglect is the most common form of animal abuse investigated by authorities and may arise from ignorance, poverty, or extenuating circumstances, often being passive and unintentional [4,19]. The study by Penaforte et al (2022) [20] near Belo Horizonte, Brazil, highlights that dogs roaming semifreely or as strays is linked to issues of irresponsible ownership.…”

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Knowledge and perception about the welfare and mistreatment of dogs in Brazil

Ferreira Siano,

Fonseca de Oliveira,

de Sousa

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Animal welfare encompasses the overall well-being of an animal, spanning both its physical and mental health, assessable through potential measurements. It stands in contrast to mistreatment, which involves actions, direct or indirect, that endanger an animal’s well-being. This study sought to appraise the factors influencing the Brazilian population’s understanding of dog welfare and mistreatment. The survey questions were adapted from the Animal Welfare Examination Protocol, utilized by veterinarians to evaluate suspected passive abuse cases in dogs. Out of 1377 responses, 1353 were valid and analyzed. Among the 19 assessed indicators, 15 demonstrated an adequate response rate surpassing 90% of all 1353 responses. However, for three questions related to comfort, a smaller yet notable percentage of responses were only minimally adequate. Moreover, in one question within the comfort assessment, 186 participants (13.74%) provided inadequate responses. This implies that these people could potentially subject animals to a state of low Animal Welfare. Lack of knowledge emerged as a potential root of passive abuse, specifically negligence. In the assessment of nutritional indicators, water supply and quality received unanimous adequate responses. In evaluating comfort perceptions, significant associations were noted between gender, dog ownership, family income, and responses regarding resting surface. Regarding health indicators, the majority responded appropriately. Female gender and dog ownership correlated with providing the appropriate response, while not owning a dog was associated with minimally adequate responses. In the context of comfort indicators, "Hitting the Dog" also demonstrated an association with gender, with females tending towards appropriate responses. Given the lack of significant correlation between educational levels and the most suitable responses, it underscores the urgency of implementing environmental education programs in schools with a focus on animal protection.

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“…For this review, the terms cruelty, abuse, and maltreatment are used as synonyms because studies linking interpersonal violence to animal abuse use the terms interchangeably and refer to non-acceptable social behaviors that intentionally cause pain, suffering, distress, or even the death of an animal [5], including acts of non-accidental injury, abandonment, neglect, or torture that may occur as kicking, hitting, stabbing animals, failing to provide food and water [6], veterinary services [7], organized fights, sexual abuse (bestiality), burns, wounds with projectiles or sharp weapons, shootings, suffocation, poisoning [8], or even theriocide [9,10]. Animal cruelty can affect any animal species but the ones most often victimized are dogs and cats [11][12][13].…”

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Animal Abuse as an Indicator of Domestic Violence: One Health, One Welfare Approach

Mota-Rojas

Monsalve

Lezama-García

et al. 2022

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For years now, the importance of animal cruelty has been gaining recognition in the industrialized cities of the West. Animal cruelty encompasses any act that causes a non-human animal unnecessary pain or suffering, including negligence, abandonment, abuse, torture, bestiality, and even theriocide. This represents a red flag for society as a whole because people who commit such acts can escalate violence and direct it to other individuals. Animal cruelty and interpersonal violence—as well as other socially undesirable conduct such as bullying, antisocial personality disorder, rape, and serial murder—are closely related, so timely diagnoses of either one can help prevent acts of aggression. It is necessary, therefore, to analyze and try to understand whether there are early indicators that may help identify potentially violent individuals. It is well known that kids from homes with actual violence in their homes show a high tendency to reproduce such behaviors with both animals and other people. In conclusion, much research and rethinking of the importance of the veterinarian in detecting animal abuse and cruelty is needed to help detect and prevent cases of interpersonal violence that may arise over time.

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Diagnosis of animal abuse: A Brazilian study

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Factors regarding the dog owner’s household situation, antisocial behaviours, animal views and animal treatment in a population of dogs confiscated after biting humans and/ or other animals

Factors regarding the dog owner’s household situation, antisocial behaviours, animal views and animal treatment in a population of dogs confiscated after biting humans and/ or other animals

Knowledge and perception about the welfare and mistreatment of dogs in Brazil

Animal Abuse as an Indicator of Domestic Violence: One Health, One Welfare Approach

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