Protecting Pets In Domestic Violence

Thanks to donations like yours Bella was able to come home with her human mom Amber! We helped Amber and Bella escape Belize last month. Amber had been teaching English in Belize for two years and had adopted Bella just a few months after she arrived. She met a man, an American, in December of last year. Amber told us they had a whirlwind romance and everything was great for the first six months, then he became moody and started criticizing her.

Last month, he came home drunk and hit her. That is when Amber called us for help. We helped Amber come up with a safety plan and helped her get everything in order so she could leave and come back to the USA with Bella.

Amber is safely living at her mom and dad's house with Bella now. We can't thank you enough for helping Amber and Bella!

The AODVC Team

When Shannon called us from Costa Rica she was desperate. Her husband had become more and more violent and had thretened to kill Aticus, her Yorkshire Terrier.

Shannon's husband was controlling and did not allow her to go out of the house. We devised a plan. She told her husband Aticus was sick and needed to go to the vet.  Her husband took Shannon to the vet with Aticus and he waited in the car. With the assistance of the vet, we arranged to get Aticus his certificate of health and also a crate for Shannon to get Aticus on the plane.

Shannon snuck out the back door of the veterinary's office with Aticus and got into the taxi we arranged for her, heading straight to the airport, then back home to Ohio.

Aticus is doing great. A little shaken up from the escape but happy and healty because of donors like you!

Thank you for helping Shannon & Aticus! The AODVC Team