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                               CRUELTY GLOSSARY

ANIMAL CRUELTY:
ACTS OF VIOLENCE OR NEGLECT PERPETRATED AGAINST ANIMALS ARE
CONSIDERED ANIMAL CRUELTY. SOME EXAMPLES ARE OVERT ABUSE AND
COCK FIGHTING AND DENYING A COMPANION ANIMALS THE BASIC CARE, SUCH
AS FOOD, WATER OR SHELTER.

ANIMAL HOARDING OR COLLECTING:
OBSESSIVE /COMPULSIVE DISORDER WHICH INDIVIDUAL KEEPS A LARGE
NUMBER OF ANIMALS SOMETIMES 100 IN HIS OR HER HOME AND NEGLECTS TO
CARE FOR THE ANIMALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT: COLLECTORS"ARE
USUALLY IN EXTREME DENIAL ABOUT TECHNICALLY, HOARDING CAN BE
CONSIDERED A CRIME, AS IT IS A FORM OF ANIMAL ABUSE.

ANIMAL WELFARE ACT:
ACT PASSED INTO LAW IN 1966 THAT ENSURES THAT PETS AND ANIMALS USED
IN RESEARCH AND FOR EXHIBITIONS PURPOSES ARE PROVIDED HUMANE CARE
AND TREATMENT. THE ACT ALSO ASSURES THE HUMANE TREATMENT OF
ANIMALS DURING TRANSPORTATION IN COMMERCE AND OUTLAWS THE SALE
OR USE OF ANIMALS WHO HAVE BEEN STOLEN.

BACKYARD BREEDER:
DOG OWNER WHOSE PER EITHER GETS BRED BY ACCIDENT OR WHO BREEDS
ON PURPOSE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS-A DESIRE TO MAKE  EXTRA MONEY
FOR EXAMPLE, OR TO LET THE CHILDREN WITNESS " THE MIRACLE OF BIRTH".  
THE ANIMALS INVOLVED ARE USUALLY NOT TESTED FOR GENETIC OR HEALTH
PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE USUALLY IS NO THOUGHT TO WHERE THE PUPS
WILL GO. UNFORTUNATELY, A BACK YARD BREEDER CAN EASILY BECOME A
COMMERCIAL BREEDER.

CANNED HUNTS:
A CANNED HUNT IS A BARBARIC PRACTICE IN WHICH  HUNTERS PAY FEES TO
SHOOT AND KILL EXOTIC ANIMALS IN A CONFINED AREA FROM WHICH  THEY ARE
UNABLE TO ESCAPE.

COCKFIGHTING:
A BLOOD SPORT IN WHICH TWO ROOSTERS SPECIFICALLY BRED FOR
AGGRESSIVENESS ARE PLACED BEAK TO BEAK IN A SMALL RING AND
ENCOURAGED TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH.

CRUSH ACT:
A FEDERAL LAW THAT PROHIBITS PEOPLE FROM KNOWING, CREATING, SELLING
OR POSSESSING DEPICTIONS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY WITH THE INTENT TO PLACE
THEM IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMERCE FOR COMMERCIAL GAIN

DOWNERS:
ANIMALS HEADED FOR SLAUGHTER WHO BECOME TOO SICK OR INJURED TO
WALK UNASSISTED, THE DOWNED ANIMAL PROTECTION  ACT OUTLAWS THE
TRANSPORTING DOWNERS TO AUCTIONS AND STOCKYARDS FOR SLAUGHTER
AND REQUIRES THAT THESE ANIMALS BE HUMANELY  EUTHANIZED.

EAR CROPPING:
THE CROPPING OF A PUREBRED DOGS EARS TO CONFORM TO A BRED
STANDARD. ALTHOUGH THIS UNNECESSARY COSMETIC SURGERY IS
REGULARLY
PREFORMED BY SOME VETERINARIANS, IT IS OFTEN DONE BY UNTRAINED
INDIVIDUALS, WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, IN UN STERILE ENVIRONMENTS.

FACTORY FARM:
A LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL SITE WHERE MANY ANIMALS RAISED BY FOOD-
MAINLY CHICKENS, TURKEYS, COWS AND PIGS-- ARE CONFINED AND TREATED
WITH HORMONES AND ANTIBIOTICS TO MAXIMIZE GROWTH AND PREVENT
DISEASE. THE ANIMALS LEAD SHORT, PAINFUL LIVES: FACTORY FARMS ARE
ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.

FELONY CRUELTY:
ANIMAL CRUELTY IS CONSIDERED A CRIME IN ALL 50 STATES BUT IN SOME
STATES IT IS TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY AND CARRIES A FELONY CHARGE,
RATHER THAN A MISDEMEANOR.

FERAL CAT:
A CAT TOO POORLY SOCIALIZED TO BE HANDLED AND WHO CANNOT BE
PLACED INTO A TYPICAL PET HOME: SUBPOPULATION OF FREE-ROAMING CATS.

FOIE CRAS:
TO MAKE THIS PRICEY GOURMET DELICACY, BIRDS ARE FORCE-FED
ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF FOOD THREE TIMES DAILY VIA A PIPE THAT IS
INSERTED INTO THE ESOPHAGUS. THIS LEADS TO ENLARGEMENT OF THE
ANIMALS LIVER AND SOMETIMES RUPTURING OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS,
INFECTION AND A PAINFUL DEATH. THE PROCESS TYPICALLY LASTS UP TO
FOUR WEEKS, UNTIL THE BIRDS ARE SLAUGHTERED.

INTENTIONAL CRUELTY:
INTENTIONAL CRUELTY OCCURS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL PURPOSELY INFLICTS
PHYSICAL HARM OR INJURY ON AN ANIMAL: USUALLY AND INDICATOR OF A
SERIOUS HUMAN BEHAVIOR PROBLEM.

KILLER BUYERS:
MIDDLEMEN WHO TRAVEL FROM HORSE AUCTION TO HORSE AUCTION
PURCHASING EVERY HORSE THEY CAN. THEY EVENTUALLY SELL THESE
ANIMALS TO. SLAUGHTERHOUSES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, BUT
REGULARLY SUBJECT HORSES TO CRUEL AND INHUMANE TREATMENT-IE.
BEATING THEM, DEPRIVING THEM OF FOOD AND WATER.

LEG HOLD TRAP:
THE STEEL-JAW LEG HOLD TRAP IS MOST OFTEN USED TO TRAP WILD ANIMALS
WHO ARE KILLED FOR THEIR FUR, SUCH AS BEAVERS, LYNX, BOBCATS AND
OTHERS. TRAPPED ANIMALS USUALLY DO NOT DIE INSTANTLY AND ARE LEFT TO
SUFFER INTENSE PAIN, DEHYDRATION AND STARVATION. SOMETIMES DOGS
AND CATS WHO ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM OUTDOORS ARE ALSO CAUGHT AND
KILLED  IN THESE TRAPS.

NEGLECT:
THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE AN ANIMAL WITH THE MOST BASIC OF
REQUIREMENTS OF FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND VETERINARY CARE. NEGLECT
USUALLY IS THE RESULT OF IGNORANCE ON THE ANIMAL OWNERS PART AND IS
USUALLY HANDLED BY REQUIRING THE OWNER TO CORRECT THE SITUATION.

PIT BULL:
A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION SURROUNDS THIS TERM. THIS LABEL IS USED
FOR A TYPE OF SHORT-COATED LARGE TERRIER, ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 80
POUNDS CHARACTERIZED BY WIDE, POWERFUL JAWS AND A MUSCULAR,
STOCKY BUILD. SOME OF THE DOGS THAT FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY ARE
PURE- BRED- EITHER THE AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER ( THE
AMSTAFF") OR THE AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER  TERM IS OFTEN USED FOR PIT
BULL MIXES.

PREMARIN:
A HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY DRUG MADE FROM PREGNANT MARES
URINE (PMU) , COLLECTED FROM HORSES WHO ARE CONFINED INSTALLS HALF
THE YEAR, STRAPPED TO URINE COLLECTION FUNNELS.

PUPPY MILL / KITTY MILL:
BREEDING FACILITIES THAT PRODUCE LARGE NUMBERS OF PUREBRED DOGS
AND CATS.  THE ANIMALS ARE REGULARLY SOLD TO PET SHOPS AROUND THE
COUNTRY. DOCUMENTED PROBLEMS OF PAPPY MILLS INCLUDE OVER
BREEDING, INBREEDING, POOR VETERINARY CARE AND OVERCROWDING.

SORING:
ABUSES TO SHOW HORSES INCLUDE PAINFUL "SORING," WHERE BY A
MECHANICAL OR CHEMICAL AGENT IS APPLIED TO  THE LOWER LEG  OR HOOF
OF A HORSE FOR THE PURPOSE OF "ENHANCING" THE ANIMALS GAIT, FORCING
HIM TO THROW HIS FRONT LEGS UP AND OUT. THIS IS OFTEN DONE TO
TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES

STRAY:
A CURRENTLY OR RECENTLY OWNED DOG OR CAT WHO MAY BE LOST USUALLY
WELL SOCIALIZED BUT MAY BECOME WARY OVER TIME. A STRAYS KITTENS OR
PUPS MAY BE FERAL.

TAIL DOCKING:
THE CUTTING OF A PUREBRED DOGS TAIL TO CONFORM TO A BREED
STANDARD. ALTHOUGH THIS UNNECESSARY  COSMETIC SURGERY IS
REGULARLY PREFORMED  BY SOME VETERINARIANS, IT IS OFTEN DONE BY
UNTRAINED INDIVIDUALS WITH OUT ANESTHESIA, IN UN STERILE
ENVIRONMENTS.

TRAP/NEUTER/RETURN (TNR):
A METHOD OF MANAGING FERAL CAT COLONIES THAT INVOLVES VACCINATING
THE ANIMALS, SPAYING OR NEUTERING THEM, VACCINATING THEM (IDEALLY)
AND RETURNING THEM TO WHERE THEY WERE FOUND. THE ASPCA PROMOTES
THIS ETHICAL AND HUMANE PRACTICE.

WHITE VEAL:
FROM BIRTH TO SLAUGHTER AT FIVE MONTHS, CALVES USED TO PROTECT
"FORMULA- FED" OR "WHITE" VEAL ARE CONFINED TO TWO- FOOT-WIDE CRATES
AND CHAINED TO INHIBIT MOVEMENT. THEY ARE  IRON-and FIBER- DEFICIENT  
RESULTING IN ANEMIA: THE LACK OF EXERCISE  RETARDS MUSCLE
DEVELOPMENT, RESULTING IN PALE, TENDER MEAT.