Protecting Pets In Domestic Violence

Kanoodle is one happy puppy because of you! Kanoodle's mom Anila emailed us in desperation. Her fiancé was abusing her, but even worse, in her eyes, he was withholding food and water from Kanoodle as a punishment for Anila.

Kanoodle was terrified of Anila's abuser. Cowering and hiding behind the furniture whenever he would enter the room and begin ranting, screaming and insulting Anila.

With some careful safety planning, and help from Anila's aunt and uncle, Kanoodle is safe! Albeit, still skittish of men and strangers. Slowly but surely, Kanoodle is feeling more confident about learning what a safe home feels like back in the USA.

Kanoodle says woof, woof and woof! (Thank you to you!)

The Pathways' Team

*In these reports, we may change the name of the victim and may use a photo that is a likeness, but not the actual photo of the victim, for safety purposes.

Ginger's human mom Nicole needed to escape her abusive husband and come back home. Trying to get Ginger back to the US without her husband knowing she was leaving was challenging.

Her husband always joined them when she would take Ginger to the veterinarian. Their veterinarian was a good looking man and Nicole's husband was frightfully jealous.

But Ginger needed a health certificate from the veterinarian to be able to get on the plane, and Nicole's husband was still working from home, monitoring her every move. The only time Nicole wasn't under her husband's watchful eye was when she took Ginger for a walk, which he limited to 30 minutes.

With the help of our email advocate, a safety plan including getting Ginger a health certificate from the vet was created. We won't go into detail because it was quite a clever plan and we may use it in the future. But it worked!

Ginger is now adjusting to life at her human grandparents home. If Ginger could talk she would say: Thank you for saving me!

We thank you too! The Pathways Team