Violence against pets in the context of intimate partner violence: supporting victim-survivors | AIFS

This webinar is intended for both general and specialist practitioners working in child and family services including general family support, mental health care and health care, family and relationship services, social workers, counsellors and psychologists. It will also be relevant to practitioners working in animal welfare or veterinary services.

This webinar will help you:

• understand the relationship between violence against family animals and intimate partner violence and the effects of this violence on human and animal victim-survivors
• understand the emotional connection between people and family animals and the benefits of recovering and healing together
• develop insight into the unique challenges that victim-survivors of IPV who have family animals may experience when trying to access support and strengthen the way you support these individuals.

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