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As a child my father's family had a pet dog. It was a pure-breed German Shepard and my grandfather had paid to have it trained as a police dog. When the dog was a year old, it innocently ventured onto a neighbors property. This neighbor in return attacked the dog with a baseball bat, beating the poor animal to death. My father, uncles, and aunts were devastated and my grandfather was upset because he had spent a great deal of money on this dog. But it was not worth it to bring the neighbor to court, because little would have been done. A year later this man was arrested for murdering his wife and children in cold blood. People who perform violent acts against animals usually continue on to inflict violence upon people. My goal today is for you to agree that there should be a...