How does animal abuse effect the abuser?

Animal abuse can be anything that treats an animal in a way that is cruel, inflicting suffering unnecessarily on the animal. When a person chooses to abuse, neglect, or breed a domestic animal, the consequences are delayed but still effect our economy. For instance, a person that is prosecuted for animal cruelty costs money in the form of court costs, officer time, officer follow-up, even jail time, which is an obvious burden on taxpayers.

People that choose to breed their dogs create an economic burden by contributing to the pet population, the dogs that are sold or given away are homes taken from dogs that will wind up in the city shelter. City shelters cost the taxpayers money.