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Hosted By Debbie Dahmer
Guests will be: Nancy Blaney - Senior Federal Policy Advisor at the Animal Welfare Institute & Dr. Mary Lou Randour, AWI Senior Advisor for Animal Cruelty Programs and Training
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is the perfect time to remind your legislators of the strong relationship between domestic violence and animal abuse and to ask them to cosponsor the Pet and Women Safety (PAWS) Act, H.R. 1258/S. 1559.
http://www.awionline.org/
Victims of domestic violence fear not only for their own safety, but also for that of their companion animals. Having no safe place for their pets prevents many victims from leaving their abusers. The PAWS Act helps to remove that roadblock.
When there is violence in the home, it can be directed at everyone—spouse or partners, children, elderly family members, and companion animals. Abusers are well aware of the bond between their victims and their pets, and they exploit that bond to frighten, control, manipulate, and even "punish" their human victims. A number of surveys bear the grim statistics.
