The brutal death of a goat in New Plymouth is part of a
rising tide of violence against animals, the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) says.
Animal control officer Lee-Ann Betts told the Taranaki Daily
News the feral goat had its throat slashed with a blunt knife
-- a painful and cruel way to die.
The death followed an increase in animal cruelty in the area
-- the SPCA dealt with 148 complaints in 2006 but that had
risen to 310 last year.
She blamed a change in societal attitudes, saying many kids
came from dysfunctional backgrounds where parents had no
control.
"They are abused themselves (and) it's just a cycle that is
continuing and getting worse. We are dealing with the fallout
from that," she told the newspaper.
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