http://www.ovma.org/pet_owners/safepet.html
Safe Pet was founded by the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association to help woman in abusive relationships leave their partners by finding a temporary foster home for their animals.
Often times all these women have is their pets, with usually no one to turn to for help when they are trying to leave their terrible situations.
48% of surveyed Ontario women who had left their abusive partner said that their pets delayed their decision to leave an abusive partner. *
61% of surveyed Ontario women who had left their abusive partner stated
that their partners had brutalized or killed a pet. *
(*OSPCA 1998)
Check out the website and see how you can get involved.
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