Survey animals abuse and human abuse relationship in AUS?

Question

Firstly,

Do you think there is a link between the abuse of animals and the abuse of people, for example "not all who abuse animals will turn out to be serial killers, but all serial killers have abused animals"

Secondly,

Do you think there is enough awarness of this topic in Australia? If you have seen campaigns please put them as examples. Are we just ignoring this fact seeing that the punishment for animal abuse in australia is so low compared to that of the U.S.?

Im interested in your views :)

Answer 1

I don't believe that there is a one hundred percent correlate, but it is indeed high and a behavior manifestation that we should not ignore.

And, to me, punishment is not the key to discouraging this type of behavior.

Instead, education and academic focus on this subject would seem to be a better methodology for bringing about change.

But, punishment does have its merits and should be used as a deterrent in many instances.