A Nova Scotia SPCA program called Paws and Support offers temporary foster care for pets whose owners are escaping domestic violence. The program recognizes that pets can be used as a tool to keep victims in dangerous situations, and aims to provide a safe haven for both animals and their owners during times of crisis.
An SPCA program that works in conjunction with other support agencies provides temporary accommodations for pets whose owners are impacted by intimate partner violence.
Paws and Support is a free program that finds foster arrangements for pets while their owners seek "short-term in-hospital treatment or transition out of domestic violence relationships." Woodin said people need to know their pet is safe during a crisis and that they can be reunited when the time is right.Intimate partner violence victims always get moved to the top of the foster home list, said Woodin.Pets in the program are placed into a foster home once they are medically cleared, she said. No information about the owner or why the pet is in the program is shared.
The volunteers who are fostering these pets go through training and must abide by strict confidentiality rules, said Woodin.Nicole McGowan works for the SPCA in Dartmouth. She has fostered an animal through the program.
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