Facts on Animal Abuse.

DID YOU KNOW?

•  It is estimated that on average it takes 1,000 dogs to maintain a mid-sized racetrack operation. New greyhounds are continually entering the system to replace greyhounds that grade-off due to injury, age or poor performance. There are currently over 30 tracks operating in the United States.
• Neglect and abandonment are the most common forms of companion animal abuse in the United States. 
• A fur coat is pretty cool—for an animal to wear. Eighteen red foxes are killed to make one fox-fur coat, 55 minks to make a mink coat 
• Elephants who perform in circuses are often kept in chains for as long as 23 hours a day from the time they are babies 
• Scientists estimate that 100 species go extinct every day! That's about one species every 15 minutes
• To test cosmetics, cleaners, and other products, hundreds of thousands of animals are poisoned, blinded, and killed every year.

 thanks to
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-animal-cruelty

http://ezinearticles.com/?113-Facts-About-Animal-Cruelty&id=5418388

for the facts!!!