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This preface event I attended was “Making sense of animal abuse” and it focused on the cruelty shown towards animals. Dr. Clifton Flynn, a professor of Sociology was our speaker for this event. He is also the chair of the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Women’s Studies at the University of South Carolina Upstate. He has written a book on the topic of discussion titled, Understanding Animal abuse: A Sociological Analysis, which makes the lesson more interesting because he is not just using outside sources for this event. He discussed what social factors are related to animal abuse and identifications of the abusers. We learned that animal abuse is not always physical …show more content…
goldfish at a county fair), to attend an animal fighting event, and to use live animals for experiments that cause them pain (ex. Animal testing for cosmetics) are some of the forms of abuse that manage to slide under the radar. Dr. Flynn refers to animal abuse as, “a socially unacceptable behavior that intentionally causes unnecessary pain, suffering, or distress to and/or death of an animal.” His seminar is called Making Sense of animal abuse, and it does the name justice as he delves into the psychoanalysis of abusers. He talks about how animal abuse can be a marker of family violence, how some abusers attack animals to feel power, and that it tends to be more frequent amongst antisocial humans. To conclude this session Dr. Flynn talked about how we need to take animal abuse seriously: we need stronger laws, have harsher penalties for abusers, and provide a full range of protection for the victims (both animal and possible human). If a veterinarian sees signs of abuse they need to report it immediately, and we should have mental health tests for abusers before we sentence them. Animals are our friends, they were put her to be our companions not our punching bags. We

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