The phrase "abuses of animals" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing mistreatment or harm inflicted on animals, often in the context of animal rights or welfare issues.
Example: "The organization is dedicated to raising awareness about the various abuses of animals in factory farming."
Alternatives: "mistreatment of animals" or "cruelty to animals."
But often, local law enforcement officials would not prosecute what appeared to be abuses of animals.
Let me emphasise here that there is no excuse for any lapses in animal welfare and that I fully support the right of activists and the media to uncover and expose abuses of animals in research facilities.
By comparing the common mind-set that has produced both the past injustices against humans and the current abuses of animals, we can and do inspire debate and convince many people that it is a human obligation to speak out against injustice to all beings.
It was information that Dr. Wyatt reported in his official capacity about abuses of animals that led The Humane Society of the United States to conduct an undercover investigation (unbeknownst to Wyatt) at the Bushway plant last year.
Every year, we see more of these investigations; sadly, every investigation finds new and horrific abuses of animals in violation of federal and state laws, often while on-site government inspectors look the other way.
SHAC had effectively employed what its members believed to be legal, constitutionally protected activity to disrupt the business practices of a notorious animal testing corporation accused of engaging routinely in horrific abuses of animals, such as dissection of a live and conscious monkey.
I think one of the changes you've seen in the animals right's community in the last five or ten years is a lot more interest in mitigating the worst abuses of animal agriculture -- even PETA and Peter Singer have worked hard to negotiate a better animal agriculture, which I think is a more realistic goal than abolition.
Abuse of animals, usually for quick profit, nearly always leads to the abuse of human beings as well.
The mindset that has permitted atrocities to be inflicted on humans is the same mindset that allows the abuse of animals to occur.
