Guardians of Rescue, an animal rescue group, has a new way of catching animal abusers. They will be enlisting the help of private investigators. Being that it is difficult to prove animal abuse, and in many cases criminal intent, their new tactics will help protect more animals and hold more animal abusers accountable.
“It’s very difficult to prove animal abuse, even for things such as dog fighting,” explains Robert Misseri, president of Guardians of Rescue. “We will get reports of suspected abuse, we go in and check it out, but even when it’s obvious that animal cruelty is taking place by ample evidence the person is often still within the law because they are meeting the basic needs of the pet, including shelter, food and water.”
He further explains that the laws are too weak and when there is resistance from the pet owner it raises a red flag that there may be some kind of animal abuse going on, or other illegal activity.