He added that age was no bar to people committing child abuse, citing examples of cases in which men in their 90s were under investigation for abuse.
The 13-page report, culled from court testimony, veterinary records, and medical research, offers accounts of bullhook abuse and examples of electric prods being used on elephants at the center.
When the latter-day "Star Wars" movies are likened to child abuse, for example.
Experts know that victims of child abuse, for example, are more likely to abuse their own children.
There may be some situations that you're not equipped to handle: mental illness or substance abuse, for example.
But some hoteliers and others in the hospitality trade claim the site is open to abuse, for example from rivals keen to attack an establishment's reputation.
Even when services are offered, they usually take aim at immediate risks — substance abuse, for example, or domestic violence — not abiding problems like poverty or poor social support.
So government health-research agencies that have experience tackling substance abuse — for example, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in the United States — have not been particularly involved.
His ad hoc gestures and comments can feel like progress, but in other areas – in confronting institutional child abuse, for example, or tackling financial reform – he can seem wanting.
