As a vet, how many cases of animal abuse do you think you've seen that were presented as (say) HBC or 'hit by car'?

Perhaps a better question might be - how many have you missed? And was the client really telling the whole story? - after all they may well have been the other 'victim' of what is increasingly becoming more common here in Australia.

Violence against animals at home almost always has a link to domestic violence in those same human relationships.

Well known blogger from www.smallanimaltalk.com Dr Anne Fawcett recently attended the AVA's conference in Adelaide and in particular 2 sessions on Animal Abuse.

This is an important story and we hope you get to share it with your colleagues and other team members.

You can also read Anne's blog here: http://bit.ly/1sO5ekL