On October 5 Ellie's Rainy Day Fund hosted its first conference, “The Human-Animal Bond: Interpersonal Violence and Community Intervention.” By offering educational programming to social service agencies, legal and medical professionals, and other primary responders, ERDF believes we can generate awareness of the importance of the bond between humans and animals, and can respond to the needs of both the people and the animals who are living in the homes they go to assess. In that way, we can expand our support to those pets and people in need in the community who otherwise might be overlooked. Over 50 providers were in attendance, including a four-legged example of the power of that bond—Nanook!
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