New legislation enacted at the end of November provides pets with the same protections as survivors of abuse. Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Act 146 of 2024 from H.B. 1210, a sort of “protection from abuse” ...
Amanda Pump, CFS president and CEO, said the pet program, which was funded through a grant from the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Violence Against Women, was created to remove the barrier that ...
Deputies arrested a man twice on Christmas Day following separate incidents at the same Farmington apartment. Authorities ...
According to national data shared by CASA Pinellas, one in three women and one in four men will experience domestic violence ...
Northwest Georgia will soon have the first-ever pet-friendly shelter for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell spoke with the Chief ...
Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, Calif., September 24, 2025 – More than 10 million pets in the United States live in households affected by ...
Guidance for Advocates and Attorneys for Domestic Violence Survivors 1 This guide is intended to serve as a resource 2 to help advocates and attorneys get pets of domestic violence (DV) survivors ...