According to Mayeda, in a home where there is animal abuse, there are often acts of violence being conducted against adults and children, too. Although our focus is animals, that's not all we care about. The kids that grow up in an abusive environment will grow up to repeat the same type of behavior because they don't know any better. If we can do some sort of intervention and get them help, we feel we've had an impact that will be felt for generations. Although her workload is often times more than the average police officer, Franco wants the public to know that whether it's cruelty against dogs, cats, turtles or sheep, she will listen to their complaints.
Nothing is excluded, whether it's a wild animal, a bird, anything.
The law protects everything and that's what we're here to enforce. 2000 Published quarterly by the Humane Society of Santa Clara Valley.