Thursday, December 22, 2016

"Animal Abuse and Cruelty" By Andrew Santoyo

     Two men that go by the names of Boots Stanley and Steven Sadler were taken into custody by police in August 2016 for a gruesome act towards a dog. They were reportedly found abusing and torturing a 4 year old dog at Bastrop Kill Pen in Arkansas.

     Animal abuse happens national and worldwide. Most common animals that are getting abused are 70.1% of dogs, 20.9% of cats, and 24.1% of other animals. Dogfighting, cockfighting or any other way of animal cruelty continues in many areas of the United States.

     The past 25 years, psychology, sociology, and criminology had found a connection between animal cruelty and human violence. They say that most serial killers had killed or tortured animals as children. Other forms of violence that come from killing or torturing a dog are child abuse, spouse abuse, and elder abuse. Surveys say that most people who intentionally abuse animals are men under 30, but animal hoarders are more likely to be women over 60.

     On August 26th 2016, Boots Stanley and Steven Sadler were under arrest after they had posted a video on Snapchat that gone viral of two Arkansas men torturing and ended up killing a 4 year old dog.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Non Fiction blog

Summary:
The book I am reading is Adolf Hitler by Josh Rubenstein. What I read so far is about Hitler's family and what made him do what he did later on that caused World War 11. Hitler was also in the first World War, which Germany lost. Hitler was disappointed in Germany and the soldiers because they gave up too easily. He wanted to blame someone or something for why they gave up too easily so they blamed it on Jewish people.

Passage:
A passage that interested me in was, "What stood out about Hitler was his manner of speaking. He did not address his audience in a calm, rational, or dignified manner. He would literally shout at them with threats and promises. His talks were very emotional and by their end he would have to slump into a chair exhausted, his face covered with sweat." I chose this passage because it's interesting on how he talks to his soldiers and his people. He talks to them like if they had no feelings or no heart.

Something that interests me:
     Something that also is interesting to me is why he wanted to start a World War II. He started World War II because he wanted to regain the strength of Germany. He wanted to get other lands to make Germany bigger and to have more strength and power. He blamed Jewish people because he no one else to blame for the failure of his country, Germany.