Yearly Animal Abuse Report
This report allows you to view the breakdown of the types of animal cruelty cases per year, broken down by state. Please note that these reports consider only the primary cruelty type listed for a case, so when you click on "view", you may see more cases than the total displayed by the yearly report statistics. We make the decision on the the primary classification in situations where more than one type of cruelty occurred by accounting for the type that caused the most damage to the animal.
2008 Yearly ReportWe recorded 1,698 cases for 2008 in the United States | Cases in AK | | Bestiality | 1 |  |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| AK state total: | 4 | (0.24%) |
| Cases in AL | | Neglect / Abandonment | 13 | |
| Fighting | 8 | |
| Shooting | 5 | |
| Vehicular | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| AL state total: | 38 | (2.24%) |
| Cases in AR | | Neglect / Abandonment | 11 | |
| Fighting | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| AR state total: | 19 | (1.12%) |
| Cases in AZ | | Neglect / Abandonment | 18 | |
| Fighting | 5 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Unlawful Trade/Smuggling | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| AZ state total: | 37 | (2.18%) |
| Cases in CA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 31 | |
| Fighting | 25 | |
| Shooting | 20 | |
| Beating | 12 | |
| Hoarding | 11 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 6 | |
| Stabbing | 6 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 4 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 1 | |
| CA state total: | 124 | (7.3%) |
| Cases in CO | | Neglect / Abandonment | 9 | |
| Shooting | 8 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 3 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Unclassified | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| CO state total: | 30 | (1.77%) |
| Cases in CT | | Neglect / Abandonment | 9 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| CT state total: | 20 | (1.18%) |
| Cases in DE | | Fighting | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| DE state total: | 4 | (0.24%) |
| Cases in FL | | Neglect / Abandonment | 67 | |
| Fighting | 21 | |
| Shooting | 20 | |
| Beating | 15 | |
| Hoarding | 14 | |
| Throwing | 6 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 6 | |
| Stabbing | 3 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 3 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 2 | |
| Hanging | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 2 | |
| Theft | 2 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| FL state total: | 171 | (10.07%) |
| Cases in GA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 15 | |
| Fighting | 8 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| GA state total: | 40 | (2.36%) |
| Cases in HI | | Fighting | 2 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| HI state total: | 4 | (0.24%) |
| Cases in IA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 11 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| IA state total: | 25 | (1.47%) |
| Cases in ID | | Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| ID state total: | 16 | (0.94%) |
| Cases in IL | | Neglect / Abandonment | 23 | |
| Fighting | 11 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Throwing | 3 | |
| Unclassified | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| IL state total: | 55 | (3.24%) |
| Cases in IN | | Neglect / Abandonment | 11 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Stabbing | 3 | |
| Bestiality | 2 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| IN state total: | 28 | (1.65%) |
| Cases in KS | | Neglect / Abandonment | 5 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 3 | |
| Stabbing | 2 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| KS state total: | 18 | (1.06%) |
| Cases in KY | | Neglect / Abandonment | 12 | |
| Hoarding | 4 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 2 | |
| Fighting | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Unlawful Trade/Smuggling | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| KY state total: | 26 | (1.53%) |
| Cases in LA | | Fighting | 7 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 6 | |
| Drowning | 2 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| LA state total: | 22 | (1.3%) |
| Cases in MA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 6 | |
| Throwing | 5 | |
| Hoarding | 4 | |
| Beating | 4 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 3 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| MA state total: | 26 | (1.53%) |
| Cases in MD | | Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| MD state total: | 17 | (1%) |
| Cases in ME | | Neglect / Abandonment | 4 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| ME state total: | 9 | (0.53%) |
| Cases in MI | | Neglect / Abandonment | 13 | |
| Shooting | 6 | |
| Fighting | 4 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 3 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| MI state total: | 34 | (2%) |
| Cases in MN | | Shooting | 10 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 9 | |
| Throwing | 3 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| MN state total: | 29 | (1.71%) |
| Cases in MO | | Neglect / Abandonment | 18 | |
| Shooting | 6 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 3 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| MO state total: | 38 | (2.24%) |
| Cases in MS | | Fighting | 5 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| MS state total: | 10 | (0.59%) |
| Cases in MT | | Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| MT state total: | 16 | (0.94%) |
| Cases in NC | | Neglect / Abandonment | 17 | |
| Fighting | 14 | |
| Shooting | 9 | |
| Beating | 4 | |
| Poisoning | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| NC state total: | 58 | (3.42%) |
| Cases in ND | | Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| ND state total: | 2 | (0.12%) |
| Cases in NE | | Neglect / Abandonment | 10 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| NE state total: | 13 | (0.77%) |
| Cases in NH | | Hoarding | 4 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| NH state total: | 9 | (0.53%) |
| Cases in NJ | | Neglect / Abandonment | 19 | |
| Hoarding | 6 | |
| Beating | 5 | |
| Poisoning | 3 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| NJ state total: | 45 | (2.65%) |
| Cases in NM | | Neglect / Abandonment | 9 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| NM state total: | 25 | (1.47%) |
| Cases in NV | | Hoarding | 2 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| NV state total: | 6 | (0.35%) |
| Cases in NY | | Neglect / Abandonment | 55 | |
| Hoarding | 14 | |
| Shooting | 10 | |
| Beating | 8 | |
| Fighting | 8 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 7 | |
| Throwing | 5 | |
| Vehicular | 3 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 2 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| NY state total: | 118 | (6.95%) |
| Cases in OH | | Neglect / Abandonment | 29 | |
| Shooting | 10 | |
| Fighting | 9 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 4 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Unclassified | 3 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| OH state total: | 67 | (3.95%) |
| Cases in OK | | Neglect / Abandonment | 9 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 2 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| OK state total: | 25 | (1.47%) |
| Cases in OR | | Neglect / Abandonment | 12 | |
| Shooting | 12 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 4 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| OR state total: | 42 | (2.47%) |
| Cases in PA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 29 | |
| Hoarding | 14 | |
| Shooting | 14 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 13 | |
| Fighting | 8 | |
| Beating | 5 | |
| Hanging | 3 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 3 | |
| Stabbing | 2 | |
| Other | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| PA state total: | 97 | (5.71%) |
| Cases in RI | | Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| RI state total: | 4 | (0.24%) |
| Cases in SC | | Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Fighting | 5 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| SC state total: | 25 | (1.47%) |
| Cases in SD | | Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| SD state total: | 2 | (0.12%) |
| Cases in TN | | Neglect / Abandonment | 25 | |
| Fighting | 6 | |
| Shooting | 6 | |
| Hoarding | 4 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| TN state total: | 49 | (2.89%) |
| Cases in TX | | Neglect / Abandonment | 26 | |
| Fighting | 13 | |
| Shooting | 11 | |
| Hoarding | 9 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 7 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 4 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 4 | |
| Vehicular | 4 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| TX state total: | 86 | (5.06%) |
| Cases in UT | | Shooting | 4 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Stabbing | 2 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| UT state total: | 18 | (1.06%) |
| Cases in VA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 20 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Hoarding | 4 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Unclassified | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| VA state total: | 40 | (2.36%) |
| Cases in VT | | Neglect / Abandonment | 4 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| VT state total: | 9 | (0.53%) |
| Cases in WA | | Neglect / Abandonment | 14 | |
| Shooting | 10 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Beating | 4 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Bestiality | 2 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| WA state total: | 45 | (2.65%) |
| Cases in WI | | Neglect / Abandonment | 12 | |
| Fighting | 5 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| WI state total: | 27 | (1.59%) |
| Cases in WV | | Neglect / Abandonment | 12 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| WV state total: | 24 | (1.41%) |
| Cases in WY | | Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| WY state total: | 2 | (0.12%) |
| | 1,698 | total |
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