No Animals Left Behind - Help Them Escape Violence

The first Violence Link training course to be given to police officers in Canada is now approved! 

This pilot program being developed with one of our partner police forces will be for all front line officers, Partner Abuse, and Sexual Assault and Child Abuse detectives.Animal abuse cases have nuances that police officers do not normally deal with and knowing what to look for to help determine if abuse of humans in the home is happening can be life saving information.

While the content and the format are being finalized, we can tell you that the training will bring together two of Canada’s experts in this area, a forensic psychologist to talk about the psychopathy of the criminal mind and why animal and humane abuse is linked to violent crimeand an Animal Behaviour & Welfare Scientist on how to recognize the signs of abuse in animals.

This Violence Link training will help officers 

• Identify criminal acts,
• Strengthen cases going before the courts by training front line officers in what to look for and how to articulate it in court
• Identify risk factors, protect victims of violent crime, and
• Prevent further victimization

Having a broader perspective supports dangerous offender applications, victim assistance, crime prevention, and leads to safer communities.

This training would give officers Cues/tools to do further investigation.

Animal cruelty continues to be a grave form of violence that must be addressed. It is a form of violence that is well recognized in the academic literature as being linked directly to violence against humans but it is not well recognized nor prioritized in our social and legal system.

Our goal is to make this training available to police forces right across Canada and your support will ensure that we can continue to press forward on this important work.