Why are people so abusive to there animals?

Most of the time when owners are abusing there animals they may not mean to or know it. Animals are like people they go to the bathroom, need food, water, excercise, and love. Many people dont think of it like that any jus think "its a dog, it will be fine," but what if someone said that to you, would you feel sad and left out? i think so. I think that if animals could talk or atleast have a way to say what they need to say then there wouldnt be as much abuse against them. Alot of owners have little excuses for why there animals got hurt, but they dont include the source of who, when, what, and why this happend. I heard about a new organization that might start up soon that helps save animals and is taken place in a large building where the dogs can roam around and do there own thing, not be locked in a cage. I have talked to a few kids about doing someting like that, but theres not enough kids that are devoted enough and willing to take there free time to get a plan together. Theres soo many people out there that want to do something about it,but dont know where to start. If we got a group of 20-30 people that are very devouted and caring about animals then i think we could really stop the crime rate against animals.