I recently wrote about the introduction of new legislation in Scotland which made abusing pets, and threatening to abuse them, in domestic violence situations an act of domestic abuse. It leads nicely to a discussion about the status of companion animals in households where there is domestic violence and abuse. Law Prioritises People In …
Wonderful. Threatening to hurt your partner’s cat is domestic abuse under Scottish law. This is enlightened thinking. A new law in Scotland, which came into effect on Monday 1st April 2019, makes a partner a domestic abuser if (s)he threatens to hurt the other partner’s pet. It treats that person as if he or …
This is how an intense and protracted fight between Scott Elam, 29, and Ashley Smith, 26 unfolded resulting in the death of a cat. I have deliberately written it in a compressed style to enhance the intensity of the fight between the two. On March 24 Elam and Smith argue in her apartment. Smith …
