2) so sehr am Thema vorbei ist es allein deshalb nicht, weil Untersuchungen aus den USA existieren, die zeigen, dass fast jeder Serial Killer bereits als Kind mit Tierquälereien begonnen hat. Nicht umsonst werden in vielen Bundesstaaten inzwischen solche Vorkommnisse bei der Polizei speziell geführt mit dem Hintergrund, Menschen, insbesondere Jugendliche, die wegen Tierquälerei aufgefallen sind, besonders zu beobachten.
Mal als Ansatz zum Weiterinformieren dies hier:
The Link Between Animal Abuse and Serial Killers
Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz and Jeffrey Dahmer have more in common than just being serial killers. These three murderers are also connected by the fact that each of them tortured and/or killed animals during their
childhoods. "Researchers as well as FBI and other law enforcement agencies nationwide have linked animal cruelty to domestic violence, child abuse, serial killings and to the recent rash of killings by school age children", says Dr. Randall Lockwood (vice president of training and initiatives for the Humane Society of the United States.
Some children are cruel to and torture animals to impress their peers, but future serial killers usually torture animals purely for their own enjoyment. Animal abuse is a recognized sign of a mental disorder. If a child hurts animals it should be a red flag and immediate action should be taken. While there are many factors that contribute to someone becoming a serial killer, the one constant they share is animal abuse.
Jeffrey Dahmer showed an intense interest in dismembering animals as a child. As an adult he was charged with murdering and dismembering at least sixteen people. Dahmer is just one example of this. As a matter of fact, most people who are on death row for murder admit to abusing animals as children. A study done by North Eastern University and the Massachusetts SPCA found that people who abuse animals are five times more likely to abuse humans than people who do not. Albert Schweitzer said it best when the wrote that "Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives".
This article is intended to inform but also to help. Any parent who sees this type of behavior in their children should immediately seek out help for the child. These are not isolated incidents, as I said earlier almost
every serial killer has a history of animal abuse. This is a fact, not a coincidence. You can go to this link for a more complete list of serial killers who abused and/or killed animals as children. I can't give you the complete list here as there are too many to name, but I will give a few examples.
Albert Disalvo (better known as the Boston Strangler) used to trap dogs and cats as a child and then shoot them with arrows.
Edward Emil Kemper lll was convicted of killing eight women, one of which was his own mother. When he was thirteen yrs. old he would kill neighborhood cats and put their heads on poles. Kemper killed his own cat, decapitated it and then cut it into small pieces. This is the same thing he did to his own mother!
David Berkowitz was convicted of thirteen murders and attempted murders. He used to abuse the neighborhood dogs. He shot one neighbors dog because according to him, the dog was an "evil force" that compelled him to kill.
Ted Bundy was convicted of two murders though he was suspected of at least forty! Bundy used to watch as his own father tortured animals. Eventually, Bundy did the same.
Andrew Cunanan was the man who killed designer Versace and was suspected in the murders of five other people. Cunanan used to gather crabs and then burn their eyes out with a lighted match. He would watch their eyes sizzle then turn them loose.
