Animal cruelty is NOT a joke. That is why i am trying to ban it. I am a 11 year old kid from New Jersey. Every day thousands of animals are abused. Every hour alone 101 animals are abused.

My cases are 1; you are kinda related to your pet. 2; animals will trust you more. 3; it will bring people together. Believe it or not, your 5 times more likely to abuse animals than to hurt a human. 

Case 1; people are exactly the same as animals. Abusing a animal is the same as abusing a human. Apes are us. Dogs are us. Cats are us. If you think about it, if you have a cat dog or any animal, you are related to them. Thousands of years ago when our antsisters breaded the animals, they created your type of animal that you have. In theory, you technically are a brother or sister of your pet.

case 2; think about this for a minute. Imagine a world where animals are strays, but their actually nice to you. If we did not abuse them they would be kind. The golden rule is treat others the way you want to be treated. That includes animals. If you slap a dog, there gunna bite you. If you slap a cat, their gunna scratch you. If you slap a human, their gunna hit you back. Pets are litteraly the same way as us. In theory, animals have feelings too.

case 3; people will come together. Like i said earlier, we are realated to animals. Witch means we can feel them. Kinda. If you abuse a animal, your going to feel like your gunna throw up later. That’s you feeling the animals pain. No your not, just metaphorically. That’s you conscious saying, you messed up. That’s regret. If we reduced that, we would not feel bad and be nicer.

in conclusion, we would be better humans ourselves if we don’t abuse animals, and those who kill, to a degree, should be punished.