Helping people and animals escape domestic abuse…

Individuals and families escaping domestic abuse are often unable to take their animals with them, as most temporary housing does not allow pets. In many cases, this will stop people from leaving.

Refuge4Pets provides a specialist Animal Fostering Service across Devon and Cornwall to victim-survivors of domestic abuse, so that they can leave with their much-loved animals.

“He threatened that if I ever tried to leave, he would kill my dog. He tormented her, just like he tormented me. We wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for Refuge4Pets. I will be forever grateful to her foster family who took such great care of her until I could have her back with me. Together, we are now rebuilding our lives.”

We are also committed to advancing Research and providing Training and Resources to a wide range of professionals to help them to understand the link between domestic abuse and animal abuse and how to promote the safety of all victim-survivors of domestic abuse – people and animals.