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2023 Animal L. Comm. Newsl. 1 (2023)

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Tort Trial and Insurance
   Practice Section


Winter/Spring 2023


Animal Law

Legal and Policy Issues Surrounding Vulnerable Populations

and their Pets


A criminal case involving the beating death of Mona, a domestic abuse victim's companion
dog, gained national attention last year after the Washington Supreme Court held that
animal cruelty can constitute domestic violence This judicial recognition is important,
and it echoes what domestic abuse victims already know: abusers routinely use animal
abuse and threats of animal abuse to exercise power and control.

This article begins with an overview of the link between domestic violence and
animal cruelty and suggests three ways for lawyers to facilitate refuge for victims.



Domestic violence (also referred to as intimate partner violence (IPV)) is a pattern
of behaviors used by one partner to maintain power and control over another partner


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