North Carolina animal abuse reports           TIME LINE
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    2000                2001                2002                2003                     2004   
10 reports:           12 reports:        39 reports:       41 reports:          37 reports:
neglect and         neglect and      neglect and       neglect and       neglect and
abandonment(4)abanonment(3)abanonment(15)abanonment(15)abanonment(24)
fighting(2)         mutilation and    unclassifed(7)    fighting(4)       fighting(5)
bestiality(1)          torture(2)          fighting(5)       unclassifed(4)  shooting(3)  
vehicular(1)          hoarding(2)        hoarding(2)      beating(3)        stabbing(1)
beating(1)            burning(1)          beating(2)        throwing(3)      choking/ 
burning(1)    kicking/stomping(1)    burning(2)       torture(3)   strangulation/  
                         beating(1)         shooting(2)           burning(2)  suffocation(1)
                        shooting(1)  choking/strangulation  poisining(2)     hoarding(1)
                            fighting(1)      and suffocation(1)    hoarding(2) vehicular(1)
                                                      torture(1)             other(1)    unlawful-
                                                       other(2)            hanging(1)  hunting(1)
                                                                     choking/strangulation
                                                                       and suffocation(1)