Cruelty to animals leads to greater acts of evil

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

A 12-year-old boy in Cannons Creek recently rescued a dog from being held down, kicked and hit with a cricket bat.

In her weekly column, Rosemary McLeod reflects on what is likely to happen later in life to young people who are cruel to animals.

McLeod contends that cruelty to animals “as a child is the first step towards a life of causing harm”, and that we “shouldn’t believe we can do nothing when it happens”.

Read Rosemary McLeod’s article
Image: DogsTrust

Rosemary McLeod is a columnist, cartoonist and journalist.

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Tags: Animals, cruelty to animals, evil, Rosemary McLeod, Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals, SPCA

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