Dog Attacks In Aussie Land Becoming A Problem

click for more info This is a story out of Australia where dog attacks are starting to become an everyday problem. In this part of Australia there have been 20 dog attacks since the beginning of the year. You can read the whole story HERE. "Every resident should be able to walk our streets safe from menacing dogs” In the United States...

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Sexual Assaults On Campus-How To Protect Yourself

click for more details This is a story about how the student newspaper at Swarthmore College revealed shortcomings in the handling of sexual assaults on campus. This is leading the college to take a look and review their sexual assault policies. You can read the whole story HERE "The paper said her story 'reveals serious flaws in the college’s procedures for handling...

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Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence In Detroit

click for more info Here's a story out of Detroit, Michigan, where three murder suicides over one weekend all tied to domestic abuse and domestic violence has people concerned. You can read the rest of the story HERE. Although the rate of domestic violence reported in Michigan has remained steady for years, one victims advocate said the intensity of violence has led...

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Women's Safety In India A Growing Concern

click for more info Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on the Indian people to protect women from sexual assaults. Police are being criticized in a recent attack on a five year old girl, after allegedly offering the parents of the victim a sum of money to drop the case. You can read the whole story HERE. "This case shows the appalling...

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Domestic Violence Is Not Just Sexual Or Physical

click image for more details Here is a story out of Ireland that makes the point that domestic violence is not just physical or sexual. Academics prefer to use the term “intimate partner violence” so as not to exclude dating relationships where victim and abuser do not share a home. Also, there is debate among support services as to whether the term...

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Dog Attacks Are Because Of Owners Not Dogs

There was an opinion piece recently in the Baltimore Sun that made the argument that dog attacks are not the fault of dogs but the fault of their owners. Not sure I buy that but here's part of what the opinion piece had to say "If reader Tom Paxton were actually a lifelong animal lover, he would understand that all dogs are...

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Toronto Man Assaulted By Four Women

This is a story about a man who was supposedly sexually assaulted by four women who offered to give him a ride home after a nightclub visit. Instead, they took him to a parking lot and assaulted him. You can read the rest of the story HERE. Toronto police are looking for four anglo women who are 200 pounds each. Attacks by...

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