Animal Abuse & Domestic Violence - Dr Anne Fawcett

As a vet, how many cases of animal abuse do you think you've seen that were presented as (say) 'hit by car'? or 'fell off the verandah?' - Perhaps a better question might be - how many have you missed? And was the client really telling the whole story? - after all they may well have been the other 'victim' of what is increasingly becoming more common here in Australia. Violence against animals at home almost always has a link to domestic violence in those same human/animal relationships. Well known blogger from Small Animal Talk Dr Anne Fawcett recently attended the AVA's annual conference in Adelaide and in particular 2 sessions on Animal Abuse. This is an important story and we hope you get to share it with your colleagues and other team members.