An OVMA Community
Relations Program
link to OVMA SafePet website
OVMA’s SafePet program is dedicated to assisting women in leaving abusive partners by providing temporary housing and care for their pets.
Many women at risk of abuse are reluctant to leave their abusive partners and seek help at a women’s shelter if it means leaving their beloved pet behind with the abuser. Making that final decision to leave an abusive partner is a vital one; through OVMA’s SafePet program, not only can women make this decision, they can make it more quickly and with ease.
48% of surveyed Ontario women who had left their abusive partner said that their pets delayed their decision to leave an abusive partner. *
61% of surveyed Ontario
women who had left their abusive partner stated
that their partners had brutalized or killed a pet. *
(*OSPCA 1998)
If you are a woman at risk of abuse
wondering whether the SafePet program can be of assistance to you,
please contact your local women’s shelter.
It is they who will coordinate with their local veterinary clinics.
Tel: (905) 728-4968
email: info@vpcc.ca