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Click here (opens new browser window) to download a PDF version of the Links Group leaflet - Pet fostering services for families escaping domestic violence.
List of useful contacts:
Rosanna Boylan
Freedom Project Co-ordinator - Greater London
Dogs Trust
PO BOX 50208
London EC1V 7XP
Tel: 0800 298 9199
Fax: 020 7833 2830
Louise Taylor
Freedom project Co-ordinator - Yorkshire
PO BOX 280
Leeds
LS14 9BF
Tel: 0800 083 4322
Fax: 0113 2814932
PO Box 329
Bolton
B16 5FT
Tel: 01204 698 999
RSPCA Regional Headquarters
Black Hat Lane
Exeter
Devon
EX2 9TA
Tel: 07715 540182
PO Box 60
Peterborough
PE1 5SZ
Tel: 07910 721797
Wood Green Animal Shelter
Godmanchester
Cambs
PE29 2NH
Tel: 08701 904090
East Northamptonshire Council
c/o Cummunity Safety team
Cedar Drive
Thrapston
Northamptonshire
NN14 4LZ
Tel: 01832 742257
PO Box 6
Callander
Scotland
FK17 8XZ
Tel: 01877 331496
The Buster Foundation
PO Box 172
MOLD
CH7 9BD
Telephone Number: 07722 361 825
Fax Number: 01352 720589
We receive calls from people other than women fleeing domestic violence who need help with pet fostering. Please let us know if you know of any other pet fostering services available across the UK that we can add to our list.
Other fostering groups not specific to domestic violence are:
PO Box 154
Bexleyheath
Kent
DA16 2WS
UK Registered Charity that re-homes ill-treated and unwanted animals in south-east London and north-west Kent. All prospective owners will have a home check and a follow up visit. Foster carers are available to provide temporary care until a suitable, permanent home can be found.
10 Market Square
Hayle
Cornwall
TR27 4HE
Tel.01736 757900
The Cinnamon Trust provides short term care for animals belonging to elderly pet owners who are going into hospital or moving to residential accommodation where they are unable to take their pets. The Trust also provides long term care for pets whose owners have died and for terminally ill pet owners.
The Mayhew Animal Home
Trenmar Gardens
Kensal Green
London
NW10 6BJ
Tel. 020 8969 0178
The Mayhew Animal Home offer a Pet Refuge scheme that may be able to help care for your animal if you find yourself unable to for a limited period of time. In order to be considered for this scheme you must live within the M25. With the exception of genuine emergencies, you must give 2 weeks notice before your animal needs to be cared for. The Mayhew may be able to help you if you are admitted to hospital, have suffered domestic violence, your house has been damaged by fire/flood etc, or if you are imprisoned. They are only able to assist with eviction cases of owners that live within the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, provided that you can demonstrate you are actively seeking permanent accommodation that allows animals.
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Our office is open Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 5.00pm but there is an answer machine to leave messages out of hours.
If you are and have not already obtained advice you should phone the 24 hour National Domestic Violence Helpline on:
Dogs in homes with domestic violence are often targets of abuse. In several recent studies of women entering refuges for protection against domestic violence, nearly half reported that their pets had been threatened, injured, or killed by their partners. Dogs Trust is a member of the The LINKS Group, a coalition to develop understanding of the link between domestic violence and mistreatment of animals as well as the problems faced by victims of domestic violence.
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