"The Reward of Cruelty," a print from the series, "The Four Stages of Cruelty" by William Hogarth, Feb. 1, 1751. (William Hogarth/Metropolitan Museum of Art via Wikimedia Commons) I understand the ...

She cited four serious incidents of animal cruelty that took place in January: dog murders, animals trapped in a tank, dog abuse and animal poisoning. The first incident concerns a dog murder that ...