“Data shows kids as young as three are being manipulated into bestiality.” Our investigation of 1042 cases in 12 months 2019-20 showed 73% of online child sexual abuse cases also contained animal sexual abuse. Horrific, but we must talk about this crime.
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So many families use social media to search for their lost and stolen pets. All hope their dog or cat will become #TooHotToHandle .

We (Dr Jamie Arathoon et al.) decided to study the strategies people use to search for their lost and stolen pets online. Although ‘going viral by

Just listened to the Animal Friendly podcast with Hidden-in-Sight 🕵🏼‍♂️. Highly recommend. Mark is so knowledgable & passionate about what he does 🐾

One of the most rewarding parts of making a presentation is when attendees talk afterwards about old cases where animal abuse had taken place but systems and processes didn’t understand the relevance at the time. Turning the light on to #BreakingTheLink

Here at Hyde Park, London today, presenting to the Metropolitan and Parks Police on our 'Protect Animals. Protect People’ campaign.

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Dog fighting is organised crime. All police officers should know what it looks like and how it interconnects with other organised crime. #BreakingTheLink

Approximately 75% of abused women who reported a history of their pet being threatened or intentionally harmed by their abuser had children witnessing the violence over 90% of the time. #BreakingTheLink redbluffdailynews.com/2024/04/20/ani…

1/2 In our' Protect animals. Protect people.' campaign, we ask those engaged in public protection to include animal welfare in their policies.

Animals are family & the human-animal bond must not be ignored in domestic abuse situations, where pets are used to coerce the victim.

UK - Boys, 11 and 12 sentenced for 'slamming and stamping' on more than 20 animals which were left dead at an environmental college, mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

Several presentations lined up this year including the 11th Global Webinar on Forensic Science. The subject, animals in relationships, families and community and why welfare and abuse matters. #BreakingTheLink

35% of women delay fleeing a violent situation for help when they worry about the safety of an animal.
It’s #AnimalCrueltyHumanViolenceAwarenessWeek – we’re working with police in England & Wales to include crucial info on their websites.
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🙏 Huge thanks to Durham Constabulary for adding crucial advice on domestic abuse involving animals to their website - we're now up to 91%!

We'll keep pushing for all 44 police forces in England & Wales to follow suit.

Follow our progress:
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Trying to get the #DomesticAbuse lead for South Wales Police to a multi agency event on this next week but without much success. South Wales Police & Crime Commissioner ?

‘fled to police with her pet rabbits and begged for help after her 'monster' husband killed her beloved puppy to 'punish her'… but he remained free to murder her” - why our training on #BreakingTheLink is essential dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

UK - Animal abuser turned murderer jailed for life. #BreakingTheLink independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

We're delighted that @SYPtweet now has a web page dedicated to animal cruelty and domestic abuse. 💻

Working with the police, we're already up to 39 out of 44 forces. We thank them for making this issue a priority.

Check out their page:
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April 8th is #dogfightingawarenessday and a chance to revisit our documentary with VICE News “Inside Europe’s Illegal Dog Fighting Rings” - with the BBC piece now watched over 2 million times.

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