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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and to mark the event the American Humane Association has been calling attention to its Pets and Women’s Shelters (PAWS) Program.
Read the rest of the article for more information and background history at:
http://www.catchannel.com/news/2009/10/28/paws-program-keeps-women-pets-together.aspx
The CatChannel.com editors would like to hear your opinions and input on programs like this. Do you think this is a good program?
FeathersNFuz, Community Moderator
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I think it's great program I think there shoul be a lot more programs like PAWS. There are so many abused women and pets it would be nice to know there is help out for women and pets !
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I don't think many people know that there is such a thing. So i think getting the word out about programs that incorporate the two is overdue, because much like during Katrina the emphasis is saving the lives of the women and the poets aren't even considered.
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This is long overdue. Especially when the economy is as bad as it is now, women and pets end up getting used as targets for men's frustration and rage over getting fired/laid off, trying to find work and there isn't any, etc.. Definately the word needs to get out there.
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I think it is a great program; if someone is being abused, chances are so are the pets, especially pets that are loved by who is being abused. People needing to leave an abusive relation and their only way to get out is through a domestic abuse shelter were/are faced with leaving their much loved pet behind, knowing the person who has been abusing them will retaliate by torturing and/or kill it or stay with the abuser so they can protect their pet.
The only problem I have with PAWS is that the name states the program is for women. A great number of men are abused by their spouses/partners. I'm sure PAWS is open to men who are seeking a way out of their abusive relationship; However, there is a stigma for men who ask for help in getting out of their abusive situation and by calling the program Pets and Women’s Shelters Program adds to the stigma they are feeling that men who seek help to escape their abusers are effeminate. However, if the program found a way to add men to the title, they'd lose the cool, easy-to-remember name of the program.
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