Kennel for pets of domestic violence victims

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2010-04-27 18:37

Article here.

'Orange County has awarded Harbor House of Central Florida a $50,000 grant to help build Central Florida’s first kennel for pets of domestic violence victims.

The grant will be awarded from the Animal Services Trust Fund, which sustained by donations.

The kennel at Harbor House will house up to 20 pets of shelter residents and will be one of 37 known nationwide in the American Humane Pets and Women’s Shelter program.

In addition to the kennel, the agencies’ implementation of the PAWS program includes a first-responder transport that enables Animal Services officers to take abuse victims’ pets to Harbor House’s on-kennel, vaccinate them and evaluate them for injuries. In cases where animal abuse is suspected, Animal Services will launch a cruelty investigation.

Up to 75 percent of domestic violence victims report their batterers have threatened, harmed or killed their pets, and nearly 80 percent of violent incidents occurred in the presence of women and children.'

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Pups and kitties need someplace to live when things are bad at home, too. I just wish someone in gov't and/or the private sector would get it that battered men could use a place to live while getting themselves together, too.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2010-04-27 20:59

Men still don't have any shelter where they can go to escape domestic abuse!

But animals now do. That just shows the priority this sick society places on the value of men. I interpret this sorry situation as domestic/societial abuse in its worse form.

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Submitted by Luek on Wed, 2010-04-28 11:39