More Pet-Owning Survivors Can Escape Abuse When Shelters Accept Pets
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Sacramento, California, Aug. 09, 2023 (WORLD NEWSWIRE) — RedRover® and Greater Good Charities are happy to reveal the authorities launch of the 25 by 2025 campaign, powered by PetSmart Charities, and supported by Purina. This nationwide effort is assisting 25% of domestic violence shelters in the United States end up being pet friendly by the year 2025.
Every year, many survivors of domestic violence deal with a heartbreaking choice: leave their family pets behind or stay with abusers. The absence of pet-friendly programs in domestic violence shelters avoids numerous survivors from getting away with their precious buddies, triggering enormous psychological distress and requiring them to make unthinkable sacrifices.
“We strongly think that no survivor ought to need to select in between their own safety and the wellness of their valued family pets,” said RedRover’s Director of Collaboration and Outreach, Katie Campbell. “The 25 by 2025 campaign represents a vital action towards producing a more caring and inclusive environment within domestic violence shelters, where survivors and their family pets can recover and reconstruct their lives together.”
The 25 by 2025 campaign is working carefully with domestic violence shelters, supporters, and fans across the country to help raise awareness about the absence of pet-friendly shelters. By supplying resources, education, and links to financing, the campaign empowers shelters to produce pet-friendly areas that support the safety and wellness of both survivors and their family pets.
“We understand that saying ‘no’ to survivors’ requests to bring pets to shelter is both a barrier to service and heartbreaking to domestic violence shelter staff,” said Bryna Donnelly, vice president of family pet programs at Greater Good Charities. “We are helping shelters move from ‘no’ to ‘yes’ because we know keeping the human-animal bond intact is critical during times of crisis.”
To support the 25 by 2025 campaign, everybody consisting of survivor supporters, survivors, veterinary specialists, and animal enthusiasts are motivated to check out 25by2025.org. Here, they can learn more about the campaign, how to contribute, what financing resources are available, and check out opportunities to get included.
“When pet families know they can flee from violence with their safety intact, it’s one less barrier they have to overcome, said Sarah Ocampo, sr. community grants manager at PetSmart Charities. We’re proud to support this effort to keep pets and people together when they need each other most.”
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About RedRover
RedRover is a 501(c)(3) nationwide animal well-being not-for-profit organization. Since 1987, RedRover has actually concentrated on bringing animals out of crisis and enhancing the human-animal bond through emergency situation safeguarding, catastrophe relief services, monetary support, and education. Since 2012, RedRover has actually granted 197 grants to shelters in 46 states, amounting to more than $3.6 million and supplying more than 443,000 safe nights for family pets. Additionally, Safe Housing grants have actually produced the very first pet-friendly domestic violence shelter in 10 states! RedRover has actually made a desirable 4-star score from Charity Navigator, America’s biggest independent charity critic. To learn how RedRover is producing a more caring world, go to RedRover.org.
About Greater Good Charities
Greater Good Charities is a 501(c)(3) worldwide not-for-profit organization that works to help individuals, family pets, and the world by setting in motion in action to require and enhancing the good. Greater Good Charities, with a 100/100 score on Charity Navigator, has actually invested more than $575 million in effect, consisting of money grants, in-kind materials, and programmatic assistance, to charitable partners in 121 nations considering that 2007. To learn more about how Greater Good Charities is enhancing the good around the world, please go to greatergood.org or follow Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
About PetSmart Charities®
PetSmart Charities is devoted to making the world a much better location for family pets and all who like them. Through its in-store adoption program in all PetSmart® shops throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, PetSmart Charities assists approximately 400,000 family pets get in touch with caring households each year. PetSmart Charities likewise offers grant financing to support companies that promote and look after the wellness of all family pets and their households. Our grants and efforts link family pets with caring houses through adoption, enhance access to budget friendly veterinary care and assistance households in times of crisis with access to food, shelter and emergency situation relief. Each year, countless generous fans help family pets in requirement by contributing to PetSmart Charities straight at PetSmartCharities.org, while shopping at PetSmart.com, and by utilizing the PIN pads at checkout signs up inside PetSmart® shops. In turn, PetSmart Charities effectively utilizes more than 90 cents of every dollar contributed to meet its function as the leading funder of animal well-being in North America, approving more than $500 million considering that its creation in 1994. Independent from PetSmart LLC, PetSmart Charities is a 501(c)(3) organization that has actually received the Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for the previous 18 years in a row – putting it amongst the leading one percent of ranked charities. To learn more go to www.petsmartcharities.org.
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CONTACT: Sheri Madsen RedRover (916) 600-8157 [email protected] Denise St. Jean Greater Good Charities (310) 795-4811 [email protected]
