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Pet Refuge is urgently appealing for donations, and bracing for demand to surge over Christmas.
The charity is receiving daily pleas for help from people escaping family violence - and is currently caring for 29 pets.
Founder Dame Julie Chapman told Andrew Dickens that more than half of women delay leaving family violence - because they're scared to leave pets behind.
She says the charity takes pets in for up to four months and covers all costs, while people rebuild their lives in emergency housing or women's refuge.
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