The connection between domestic violence and animal abuse

"HOW IS ANIMAL ABUSE RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE?

A New Jersey study found that in 88% of families where there had been physical abuse of children, there were also records of animal abuse. In Wisconsin, battered women revealed that in four out of five cases, abusive partners had also been violent toward pets or livestock. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence conducted their own study in which 85.4% of women and 63.0% of children reported incidents of pet abuse after arriving at domestic violence shelters...."

http://www.aspcapro.org/sites/pro/files/domestic_violence_and_animal.pdf

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