Talking about animal abuse, we will think of a group of young teenagers throwing rubbish/stones at a cat/dog or adults starving the animals to death. People, isn't it cruel?

Cruelty to animals is the infliction of suffering or harm upon animals, other than humans, for purposes other than self-defense. More narrowly, it can be harm for specific gain, such as killing animals for food or for their fur.

Recently, there are reports showing a rise in animal abuse in Singapore. (Example, The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) said there were 17 cases of animal abuse in the first eight months of this year, almost double the nine cases reported for the whole of last year. Most of these cases involved dogs, cats and rabbits.)Therefore, it shows that animal cruelty has not gone away, in fact, animal cruelty in Singapore is no longer considered a big deal.

Offenders are usually at schools, are at college campuses, are adults, who are old enough to know better, and are children, who know enough to commit heinous acts against innocent animals. Offenders are not just always the ignorant or the poor, but they are also found among the educated and privileged. Since they are well educated, why are they doing such things? Can we blame Singapore's education system or just a person's character?

From my point of view, i think that educating about animal abuse should start from young. By giving the children the knowledge of why animal abuse is wrong and also the consequences that they will face if they abuse animals. However, not only the schools, their parents also must set example by treating the animals with care and love. As a result, their children will grow up and having the thinking that treating animals nicely is important because an animal is also a living thing, not any soft toy that they usually play with.

So, let us play our part to save and protect the animals.<3