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Sat 04 Apr 2009Conference told animal cruelty may be early sign of criminal behaviour
ANIMAL CRUELTY among children can be an early warning of a propensity toward criminal behaviour, delegates were told at a conference in Dublin yesterday.
Dr Randall Lockwood, vice-president of training and initiatives for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), told delegates that a strong connection between harming animals and violence exists, with notorious serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer having established patterns of animal abuse.
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