cruelty prevention
Stopping deliberate harm
Cruelty prevention is the effort to stop or reduce the infliction of pain and suffering, especially on those who cannot protect themselves.
The phrase appears most often in the names of animal welfare organizations: the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Similar bodies exist for child protection.
The work typically involves rescue, advocacy, education, and legal enforcement.
- animal welfareNon-human health and treatment
- child protectionMeasures ensuring youth safety
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
- empathySharing another's emotions
- wildlife conservationProtecting animals and ecosystems
humane treatment · safe haven · animal ethics · euthanasia · no-kill shelter · break the cycle · restorative justice · community outreach · animal rights · rehabilitation · second chance · RSPCA · animal shelters · whistleblower · speak up · mandatory reporting · pet adoption · helpline
- animal ethicsanimal ethics, animal welfare, animal rights, animal protection, animal liberation
- animal welfareanimal rights, humane societies, humane treatment, shelters, animal ethics
- animal welfare topicsanimal rights, ethical treatment, animal advocacy, animal handling, pet care
- animal sheltersanimal shelters, no-kill shelters, shelter dogs, shelter staff, shelter volunteers
- animal testinglab mice, animal testing, lab rats, vivisection, experimentation
cruelty preventionanimal abuse
Mistreatment of fauna
child abuse · animal cruelty · torture · maltreatment · brutality
cruelty preventionviolence
Harmful physical force
aggression · assault · battering · mauling · injuring
cruelty preventionneglect
Failure to provide care
willful blindness · factory farming · puppy mills · inhumane practices