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Brief Summary of Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse (basic level)

Overview of Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse (intermediate level)

Detailed Discussion of Domestic Violence and Animal Abuse (advanced level)

Sample California Protection Order

New! States that Include Pets in Personal Protection Orders

Other Articles:

Linking Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Animal Cruelty, Joan E. Schaffner, ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee Newsletter (Winter 2006).

Where's Fido: Pets are Missing in Domestic Violence Shelters and Stalking Laws, Tara J. Gilbreath, 4 Journal of Animal Law 1 (2008). 

Web Center Links:

Topic Area on State Cruelty Laws

External Links:

• The following two links are from American Humane. The first link proflies the development of the first National Resource Center on the Link Between Violence to People. The second link is for their PAWS program - Pets and Women' Shelters.
• The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) First Strike Campaign.
• The following link is a good example of a county in Maryland that has a program
  for animal victims of domestic violence - http://www.aacounty.org/AnimalControl/domesticViolence.cfm.