Animal abuse covers a wide variety of topics. Many might think of animal abuse as the physical causation of pain to an animal for no reason, or in excess as a punishment. Others may consider animal abuse as the use of animals in experiments or the use of animals to evaluate products for human use. Still others may consider the consumption of animals for food to be a form of animal abuse, or the way that we raise animals to be harvested to be inhumane. This guide will seek to provide access to various resources concerning animal abuse and animal welfare.