Police Receive New Animal Abuse Complaints
TDT | Manama
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New complaints have been sent to the police after two videos shared on social media appeared to show animals being abused in Bahrain.
The clips brought the issue of animal welfare back into public view and led to calls for those involved to face legal action.
One video shows children in a residential area, with one child seen hitting a cat in a public street. The woman who made the complaint said this was not the first case in the area.
She said earlier attacks on cats by the same group had been caught on CCTV.
A second video shows a man whipping a donkey as it stands still. The footage was widely shared online.
A complaint has also been made in that case, according to accounts shared online, and the man has been called in to complete the legal steps.
Mahmood Faraj, chairman of the Bahrain Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said the society had received a copy of the complaint and would follow the case with the police.
Mr Faraj said kindness to animals should be taught from a young age, with the family playing the main part in teaching children to respect living creatures.
He said the way a child treats animals can show much about what they learn at home.
Teaching children to be kind to animals, he added, was not only a way to shield animals from harm. It also helped raise children with a greater sense of care, duty and respect for life.
Mr Faraj said studies in child learning had linked early care for animals with better social conduct, lower levels of violence, and a stronger sense of mercy and duty in the wider community.
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