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.
2009 Yearly Report
We recorded 927 cases for 2009 in the United States
| Cases in AK | ||
| Hoarding | 1 |  |
| AK state total: | 1 | (0.11%) |
| Cases in AL | ||
| Fighting | 6 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| AL state total: | 14 | (1.51%) |
| Cases in AR | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| AR state total: | 11 | (1.19%) |
| Cases in AZ | ||
| Hoarding | 4 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Fighting | 2 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 1 | |
| AZ state total: | 15 | (1.62%) |
| Cases in CA | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 14 | |
| Fighting | 13 | |
| Shooting | 9 | |
| Beating | 5 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 1 | |
| CA state total: | 55 | (5.93%) |
| Cases in CO | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Fighting | 2 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 2 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| CO state total: | 15 | (1.62%) |
| Cases in CT | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 4 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| CT state total: | 7 | (0.76%) |
| Cases in DC | ||
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| DC state total: | 2 | (0.22%) |
| Cases in DE | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| DE state total: | 2 | (0.22%) |
| Cases in FL | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 27 | |
| Fighting | 14 | |
| Shooting | 11 | |
| Hoarding | 7 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 4 | |
| Beating | 4 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 3 | |
| Stabbing | 2 | |
| Bestiality | 2 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| FL state total: | 80 | (8.63%) |
| Cases in GA | ||
| Fighting | 10 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Shooting | 5 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| GA state total: | 30 | (3.24%) |
| Cases in HI | ||
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| HI state total: | 5 | (0.54%) |
| Cases in IA | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 6 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| IA state total: | 12 | (1.29%) |
| Cases in ID | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 4 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| ID state total: | 7 | (0.76%) |
| Cases in IL | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 13 | |
| Fighting | 6 | |
| Throwing | 3 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Unlawful Trade/Smuggling | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| IL state total: | 32 | (3.45%) |
| Cases in IN | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 11 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| IN state total: | 19 | (2.05%) |
| Cases in KS | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| KS state total: | 6 | (0.65%) |
| Cases in KY | ||
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Theft | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| KY state total: | 14 | (1.51%) |
| Cases in LA | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 4 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| LA state total: | 11 | (1.19%) |
| Cases in MA | ||
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Vehicular | 2 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Fighting | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| MA state total: | 15 | (1.62%) |
| Cases in MD | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| MD state total: | 14 | (1.51%) |
| Cases in ME | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| ME state total: | 3 | (0.32%) |
| Cases in MI | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 15 | |
| Fighting | 5 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| MI state total: | 29 | (3.13%) |
| Cases in MN | ||
| Shooting | 5 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| MN state total: | 14 | (1.51%) |
| Cases in MO | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 6 | |
| Hoarding | 4 | |
| Fighting | 4 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| MO state total: | 15 | (1.62%) |
| Cases in MS | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 4 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| MS state total: | 9 | (0.97%) |
| Cases in MT | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| MT state total: | 7 | (0.76%) |
| Cases in NC | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 14 | |
| Fighting | 9 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 3 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| NC state total: | 36 | (3.88%) |
| Cases in ND | ||
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| ND state total: | 1 | (0.11%) |
| Cases in NE | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 7 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| NE state total: | 16 | (1.73%) |
| Cases in NH | ||
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| NH state total: | 2 | (0.22%) |
| Cases in NJ | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 14 | |
| Shooting | 4 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Unlawful Trapping/Hunting | 3 | |
| Other | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Stabbing | 2 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| NJ state total: | 34 | (3.67%) |
| Cases in NM | ||
| Fighting | 5 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| NM state total: | 8 | (0.86%) |
| Cases in NV | ||
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| NV state total: | 4 | (0.43%) |
| Cases in NY | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 24 | |
| Fighting | 8 | |
| Beating | 6 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Throwing | 4 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 4 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 3 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Other | 2 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| NY state total: | 62 | (6.69%) |
| Cases in OH | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 10 | |
| Hoarding | 5 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| OH state total: | 24 | (2.59%) |
| Cases in OK | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 5 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Choking / Strangulation / Suffocation | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| OK state total: | 15 | (1.62%) |
| Cases in OR | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 13 | |
| Hoarding | 6 | |
| Beating | 4 | |
| Bestiality | 2 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| OR state total: | 31 | (3.34%) |
| Cases in PA | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 16 | |
| Fighting | 10 | |
| Hoarding | 7 | |
| Shooting | 7 | |
| Beating | 3 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 2 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 2 | |
| Unlawful Trade/Smuggling | 1 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Drowning | 1 | |
| PA state total: | 56 | (6.04%) |
| Cases in PR | ||
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| PR state total: | 1 | (0.11%) |
| Cases in RI | ||
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 1 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| RI state total: | 2 | (0.22%) |
| Cases in SC | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 8 | |
| Fighting | 7 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| SC state total: | 17 | (1.83%) |
| Cases in SD | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| SD state total: | 5 | (0.54%) |
| Cases in TN | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 15 | |
| Fighting | 5 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Vehicular | 2 | |
| Bestiality | 2 | |
| Poisoning | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| TN state total: | 32 | (3.45%) |
| Cases in TX | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 20 | |
| Fighting | 9 | |
| Hoarding | 6 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 3 | |
| Burning - Caustic Substance | 2 | |
| Burning - Fire or Fireworks | 2 | |
| Shooting | 2 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Hanging | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| TX state total: | 48 | (5.18%) |
| Cases in UT | ||
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| UT state total: | 4 | (0.43%) |
| Cases in VA | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 13 | |
| Fighting | 7 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Beating | 2 | |
| Bestiality | 2 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| VA state total: | 33 | (3.56%) |
| Cases in VT | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Stabbing | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| VT state total: | 8 | (0.86%) |
| Cases in WA | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 6 | |
| Stabbing | 3 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Fighting | 3 | |
| Vehicular | 2 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| Beating | 1 | |
| Throwing | 1 | |
| WA state total: | 21 | (2.27%) |
| Cases in WI | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 3 | |
| Shooting | 3 | |
| Hoarding | 3 | |
| Throwing | 2 | |
| Kicking/Stomping | 1 | |
| Fighting | 1 | |
| Vehicular | 1 | |
| Mutilation/Torture | 1 | |
| WI state total: | 15 | (1.62%) |
| Cases in WV | ||
| Neglect / Abandonment | 2 | |
| Bestiality | 1 | |
| Hoarding | 1 | |
| WV state total: | 4 | (0.43%) |
| Cases in WY | ||
| Hoarding | 2 | |
| Neglect / Abandonment | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | |
| WY state total: | 4 | (0.43%) |
| 927 | total | |