This manual was written by nationally-recognized animal and family advocate Allie Phillips. It contains the guidelines that she began developing in the mid-1990s as a prosecuting attorney. Recognizing both the urgent need to protect domestic violence victims from further abuse and the comfort that pets provide people, especially in times of stress and trauma, these guidelines were launched in trainings in 2004 and subsequently in a national initiative in 2008 to guide domestic and family violence emergency housing shelters toward permitting residents to bring their pets with them.
