Where to Find Help
UPDATED March 11, 2010
Includes domestic violence shelters that allow pets and resources for animal abuse.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)424 East 92nd Street
New York NY, 10128-6804
Hotline: Counseling Services: (800) 946-4646
Phone: (212) 879-7700
Web: http://www.aspca.org/fight-animal-cruelty/domestic-violence-and-animal-cruelty.html
Information on animal abuse and the link to domestic violence; hotline numbers to report animal abuse.
Animal Legal Defense Fund
170 East Cotati Avenue
Cotati CA, 94931
Phone: (707) 795-2533
Fax: (707) 795-7280
Web: http://www.aldf.org/
Email: info@aldf.org
Files lawsuits to stop animal abuse, provides free legal assistance to prosecutors handling cruelty cases, works to strengthen state anti-cruelty statutes, and encourages the federal government to enforce existing animal protection laws.
Pets and Women's Shelters (PAWS) -- American Humane
Web: http://www.americanhumane.org/human-animal-bond/programs/pets-and-womens-shelters/domestic-family-violence-shelters.html
Provides domestic violence shelters where women can bring their pets with them.
Safe Haven Shelters - The Humane Society of the United States
Web: http://www.hsus.org/hsus_field/first_strike_the_connection_between_animal_cruelty_and_human_violence/safe_havens_for_animals_/online_directory_of_safe_havens_for_animals_programs.html
An online directory of animal shelters that will temporarily board pets of a domestic violence victim while she is in a domestic violence shelter.