Animal shelter for pets of DV victims
Planning is underway for establishing animal shelter for pets of domestic violence victims in North Carolina. A news report:
WILMINGTON (AP) -- Some groups in New Hanover County are trying to raise money to provide help for pets of domestic violence victims.The idea is to make it easier for people to get out of abusive situations.
Assistant District Attorney Joy Alford says any time an offender can gain the upper hand or control over their victim, they will use any means to do it.Rick Hairston, executive director of Carolina Canines for Service, says that probably half of the more than a thousand victims who passed through Domestic Violence Shelter and Services doors in 2006 had pets.
Hairston says Carolina Canines' existing kennel doesn't have enough room to take on a project to help those victims and other families. Carolina Canines' volunteers will be on call 24 hours a day to pick up the animals once the shelter opens. The New Hanover County sheriff's office is donating a K-9 vehicle to pick up the animals and a cell phone for an on-call volunteer.
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