{"id":37373,"date":"2015-01-06T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T17:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=37373"},"modified":"2015-01-06T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T17:00:51","slug":"pilot-program-in-newfoundland-city-to-target-pets-in-abusive-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/01\/06\/pilot-program-in-newfoundland-city-to-target-pets-in-abusive-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot program in Newfoundland city to target pets in abusive homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_137486555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37470\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_137486555.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_137486555\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_137486555.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/shutterstock_137486555-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ST. JOHN&#8217;S, N.L. &#8212; The city of St. John&#8217;s, N.L., says it plans on launching a pilot program to house pets who belong to victims of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s animal care and control committee says information they have received from police says that pets are often targeted by the abusive partner in a violent domestic relationship.<\/p>\n<p>They say since emergency shelters are unable to accommodate pets, many victims delay leaving an abusive situation out of fear for their pet.<\/p>\n<p>Committee spokesman Ron Ellsworth says details of the pilot program are currently being worked out, but it would be a foster-based program and would not put any additional pressure on city facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Ellsworth says the program, which is expected to launch this summer, may eventually be extended beyond victims of domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>He says the program could later target seniors who are concerned about leaving their home to go to a health care facility for a short stay because of their pets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. JOHN&#8217;S, N.L. &#8212; The city of St. John&#8217;s, N.L., says it plans on launching a pilot program to house &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":37470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}