院硕士学位论文,2010.6.РAnimal abuse whether to write the Criminal Code Р Р Synopsis: Although animal subject to people, but the rights of animals should be the same rights as sacred as our own. Because animal cruelty has no direct victim, and other difficult to distinguish acts of cruelty to animals, the lack of action of convenience features, not all acts of cruelty to animals are suitable for punishment by the national public authorities. Therefore, in the selection of animal abuse crime problem, we must insist on limiting the expansion of the scope of punishment, but should improve the overall social adjustment mechanisms go to find perfect solutions to the issue. Cruel cruelty to animals will be repressed, weakened passion, people e apathetic.Р Key words:Animal cruelty,criminal law,punishment