Domestic Abuse: Pets

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which perpetrators of domestic abuse use pets as a form of coercion and control; and if she will include guidance on that issue in the Domestic

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1. 6 July 2020

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which perpetrators of domestic abuse use pets as a form of coercion and control; and if she will include guidance on that issue in the Domestic

   Source: Commons

2. 10 July 2020

   Answer

   Domestic abuse can encompass a wide range of behaviours and can affect all parts of a victim’s life and relationships, including those with pets. The Domestic Abuse Bill will help to better protect and support the victims of all forms of domestic abuse, i...

   Source: Written answer

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