“Animals share with us the privilege
of having a soul.” Pythagoras 570 BC
#BreakingTheLink

Hellenic Police 🇬🇷explaining the dedicated hotline for reporting animal cruelty cases. 6369 cases under investigation. #BreakingTheLink

Really positive to hear the Supreme Court of Greece 🇬🇷 understanding the connection between those who harm animals and those who harm people.
#BreakingTheLink

Ready for conference weekend in Athens 🇬🇷- presenting case studies and explaining to prosecutors why crimes against animals should be taken seriously.
#BreakingTheLink

Presenting today on Day 2 of the Athens 🇬🇷 conference ‘Why should we all be concerned about animal abuse?’ - part of the Naturewatch Foundation campaign ‘Protect Animals. Protect People’ - all organised by Zero Stray Pawject 🐾 and Battersea #BreakingTheLink together

Excellent day with the Metropolitan Police domestic abuse team raising awareness of animals used within coercive control - #BreakingTheLink together - part of the Naturewatch Foundation ‘Protect Animals. Protect People.’ campaign

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

That’s it for Greece 🇬🇷 for now. Conference, meetings and cats. Major progress too. More news on this soon. Ευχαριστώ πολύ
#BreakingTheLink

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

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

#BreakingTheLink

Metropolitan Police

Great to see the police of Ukraine explaining aspects of #DomesticAbuse across social media today. The Naturewatch Foundation campaign training police started in 2018. The war has made continuing it hard but some messaging appears to have resonated. #BreakingTheLink together

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

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:
southyorkshire.police.uk/advice/advice-…

#BreakingTheLink

In abusive relationships, pets are often used to coerce, humiliate and control the victims.

Watch Teena Stoddart's presentation on human violence and the links with animal abuse:
youtu.be/8SS1UcIRGiQ

#AnimalCrueltyHumanViolenceAwarenessWeek #BreakingTheLink

Violence Link Consulting TMS

REMINDER: Everyone attending our 'Protect Animals. Protect People' meeting in UK Parliament today, please a) enter via Cromwell Green (map no. 8), b) arrive at Westminster by 5pm in case of long security queues & c) see you in Room 12. Safe journey folks! #BreakingTheLink #APDAWG

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.
naturewatch.org/our-work-with-…

#BreakingTheLink

I joined an #inspiring #discussion on #BREAKINGTHELINK between #animal and domestic abuse at #APPG #APDAWG & Naturewatch Foundation #event . Let's keep the conversation going and #makaadifference together! 🐾 #DomesticAbuseAwarenessMonth #support #help #UK UK Parliament UK House of Commons

🎧 PODCAST: Our Campaign Manager, Mark, speaks to Shavega Talks about helping to develop legislation and policy that keeps both animals and people safer, including through our 'Protect animals. Protect People.' campaign.

Listen here:
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sheve…

🔗 #BreakingTheLink

🙏 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:
naturewatch.org/our-work-with-…

#BreakingTheLink

Spain 🇪🇸- When abusers torture women through cruelty to pets #BreakingTheLink surinenglish.com/spain/when-the…