CFHS happy to announce funding grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
Friday, April 24, 2009
The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies is happy to announce it has received a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to continue its work on the link between animal abuse and domestic violence. Last year, the Federation worked to establish a network of organizations and encouraged them to work together to help women and pets leave abusive households. This grant will help fund the second phase.
Roughly 1 in 4 women experiencing domestic violence and who own pets significantly delay their escape to safety if it means leaving a pet behind.1 The Women and Pets Escaping Violence project aims to facilitate and promote cross-training and cross-reporting amongst community organizations to get a more accurate picture of the situation that women are facing when they want to leave an abusive relationship but are concerned for the safety of a pet. The second phase of this project will aim to make existing community resources more readily available to women so that they can leave abusive situations without concern for the safety of their animals.
For more information on the project, please click here or contact Program Director Shelagh MacDonald.
If you are a woman experiencing violence, please contact your local shelter or women’s resource centre for assistance in leaving a dangerous situation.
1 Source: McIntosh, Sue C. Collaborative Study Calgary Humane, YMCA Family Violence Prevention Centre and RESOLVE Alberta
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