Rappaport To The Rescue

You must tune in for a in-depth look at this breaking animal welfare story, including interviews with noted animal behaviorist and welfare expert, plus interview and statement with key contestant from the show!

BIO:

Nancy Blaney has advocated on behalf of animals for more than 35 years and is currently Director of Government Affairs for the Animal Welfare Institute, where she is responsible for working with federal and state legislators and regulators, other interest groups, and the law enforcement community in support of improving animal welfare, the prosecution of animal cruelty crimes, and public awareness of the relationship between animal abuse and other forms of violence.   

Nancy serves as co-chair of the Animal Cruelty Advisory Council of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and is a recipient of APA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.  She also is a member of the National Sheriffs’ Association’s Animal Cruelty and Abuse Committee and the Training Advisory Board of the National Animal Care and Control Association (NACA). She received the Executive Director’s Award at NACA’s annual conference in October 2019. She has made presentations on the subjects of legislation and employing the legislative process on behalf of animals, as well as on animals and interpersonal violence, to audiences of judges, law enforcement, prosecutors, domestic violence and animal welfare advocates, and others.  Nancy and her colleague Dr. Mary Lou Randour are authors of the chapter “Advances in Understanding and Addressing the Link Between Pet Abuse and Human Partner Violence,” in the Handbook of Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (2020) A project of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence Across the Lifespan (NPEIV). New York: Springer Nature.  Other publications include the following:

Trauma, Violence and Abuse, 2019
“Animal Abuse as a Type of Trauma: Lessons for Human and Animal Service Professionals”
Mary Lou Randour, Martha Smith-Blackmore, Nancy Blaney, Daniel DeSousa, and Audrey-Anne Guyony

AWI became the first advocate for animals on Capitol Hill in 1951.  Dedicated to alleviating the suffering of animals caused by humans, AWI has been a leader in achieving the most significant federal animal protection laws and has extended its efforts to improving the enforcement of state and local cruelty laws and calling attention to the relationship between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence.

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