Light Punishment for Animal Abuse
Animal abuse is on the rise. Light punishments fail to produce a deterrent effect on perpetrators.
M. Khory Alfarizi
April 22, 2024
THE video of a dog being tortured landed on Doni Herdaru Tona’s mobile phone on Sunday morning, April 14. Doni, the founder of the animal rescue organization Animal Defenders Indonesia, received the video from someone via the social media platform Facebook. Doni admitted to being shocked and had never seen such cruel treatment of animals before. “For the first time in my decades of dealing with animal cases, this is the most barbaric,
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