TRAVEL SAFETY
Cuddling and playing with your pets is one way to help you feel good
Change your routine: take a different route or park in different places if it is safe to do so. Ask for a well-lit, safer parking spot near your work/ study place, preferably monitored by a camera. Keep your car locked at all times. Tint the windows on your car. Arrange a work/study mate or security person to walk you to your car/transport. Carry a loud whistle under your clothes. Learn where emergency phones are on campus, and how to call for help. Call or text ahead to let colleagues and home know your expected times of arrival. Make a plan with them if you don’t arrive. Give your supervisor the number of a trusted person they can call if you don’t turn up and they can’t contact you. Look for tampering or tracking devices that may be attached on or underneath your car.
ANIMAL SAFETY
We love our pets and want to protect them. If you are concerned for your pet’s safety, here are a few suggestions for safety planning with pets.
If you have your pets living with you: Keep pets indoors (if possible). Avoid leaving pets outside alone. Pick a safe route and time to walk pets. Don’t exercise or walk pets alone. Change your veterinarian.
National Domestic Violence Hotline, 2014
If you can’t look after your pets for a while, here are some options: Ask family or friends to have pets at their place.
Ask RSPCA NSW to look after your pet through their Domestic Violence Program. They can arrange foster accommodation and/or emergency pet boarding, financial assistance for vet treatment, impound fees or transport fees. Book your pet into a kennel. Ask your vet about who may be able to foster your pets.
“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” ~ Michelle Rosenthall
Aboriginal Contact Line - Victim’s Services RSPCA Domestic olence P ogram
02 9782 4408 weekdays or 02 9770 7555 on weekends and public holidays
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