I agree with Pit Chick....they are definately eye openers and hopefully make people realize that tougher laws need to be put in place and that it is a real problem. I have only watched it a few times and have had to turn it off because I get so mad..But the one that sticks out in my mind was the Houston one that the boy let his dog starve and mom had to pay a huge fine (which imo was not nearly enough!) because she "told him he needed to take care of it but wanted to teach him a lesson! If the dog died he would see that he did wrong!")OMG...what a stupid way to teach a kid!!!!!!