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There Is A Tremendous Amount Of Tax Free Contributions To Non Profits That Claim Compassion And To Be Protecting Animals But Use The Funds To Work Towards The Elevation Of Animals To That Of A Human?

Where Is The Compassion For Our Fellow Human Beings Or Is This What We May Expect When Humans Are Lowered To The Status Of Animals?

"In many ways, we have better laws against animal abuse than we do for violence against the homeless," Levin said.

Hunting down homeless a trend among US teens, young adults

by Jocelyne Zablit

WASHINGTON (AFP) - One woman sleeping on a boat ramp was thrown into a river and drowned. A man was beaten to death with baseball bats. Another was set ablaze in his wheelchair.

These are just a few examples of a perverse trend among US teenagers and young adults that involves hunting down homeless people and beating them or killing them for no apparent reason other than to get a "thrill."

Homeless advocates and criminologists say the practice, known as "bum-hunting," has resulted in at least one homeless person being killed every month over the past five years.

So far this year, 16 homeless people have been killed across the United States, many of them by teens.

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