It seems there is nothing you can do within the limits if the law.Common sense and the heart on the right place can prevent a lot of sh...In this case you can't count on the law to help,so you are powerless to do anything about that.Common sense(from the side of your family) seems to be nonexistant.If they have a heart (which I doubt) it sure is not filled with a spark of compassion for their animals.I can imagine how hard it must be for you to deal with this matter.But plain and simple:if you can't do anything on this situation,you can't.(or you got to go outside the boundaries of the law and then it becomes a litlle tricky

I would't mind)In cases like these,the hopeless matters,Confucius once gave a good advice to his pupils.He said"if rape is inevitable,lay back and enjoy it.(Don't take this literally)He meant:try to make the best from a bad situation ,resign yourself to it.It useless to bang your head against the wall because you only keep the headache.