I know there is punishment- but it is not has harsh as it should be. Those people who did that to the Pit Bulls had to serve a small amount of jail time, and pay under a $5,000 fine. To me that is not good enough. It should be YEARS in prison and a HUGE HUGE fine ($15,000+). When a child gets beat like that, the punishment is usually harsh- but for animal abuse half the time it is minimal. (Most of the time-not all.) Oh well- I can't do anything about it.