Pets undergo torture

I have a personal testimony of pets undergoing torture at the hands of both adults and children. The culprits in a good number of cases are young school age boys who wouldn't hesitate to maim a pet just for the fun of it. Most of the affected animals are afflicted by neighbours since they have no feelings for the animal. In other situations, a pet say, a dog may inadvertently err but the pet owner assumes that the animal is just being naughty, that it has a sense of right or wrong. I have observed that some adults don't restrain their children thereby reinforcing their troublesome proclivities towards pets.