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RSPCA pet program helping owners escape family violence
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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The behaviour escalated to the point where a marriage counsellor told her to have bags ready to go, and not to leave her young daughter in his care.
Patricia knew she would have to find alternative living arrangements for herself and her daughter but found the prospect of leaving her pets extremely difficult.
She called around various support organisations, eventually finding Safe Beds, a program run by the RSPCA.
The pets are kept at RSPCA shelters, or looked after by volunteer carers in their homes, with any medical expenses covered by the organisation.
Family violence advocacy organisation Engender Equality said abuse against pets was "a common tactic" used by perpetrators to maintain coercive control.
Without the Safe Beds program she would have delayed leaving her abusive partner or considered putting her cats up for adoption.
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