Progress 12/5/07

I have recently found that all states have different laws on animal cruelty, and that an act of animal cruelty depends on the laws of the state. There are 2 types of actions for these laws: intentional acts, and the failure to act. Intentional is basically obvious whether or not the person knew that he was hurting an animal on purpose. This is usually classified as criminal law. The failure to act is where a person does not provide the necessary provisions required for survival including: food, water, healthcare or, shelter. Sometimes a person does not realize that they are abusing an animal in these cases and can hardly afford to feed themselves. Some laws also depend on how an "animal," is defined, as some people can say that they don't know the difference. Well the problem is that animals actually do have feelings; they give everything to their owners, and depend entirely upon them for their survival. All they expect in return is to be taken care of, just like they do for us, they provide people with therapy, love, companionship, fellowship, protection, and they just want the same from us.