One program, Peace Creatures, teaches peaceful conflict resolution to families of domestic abuse. The pets visit the support group sessions at Tubman Family Alliance's three shelters and the Women of Nations Shelter in St. Paul.
"The animals warm everybody up and [it] helps them talk," said Randy Schubring, director of communications and public affairs at Tubman Family Alliance. "It really opens up children to talk about abuse they may have seen themselves or suffered," he said.
Lisa LaVerdiere of Home for Life said that many children victimized by domestic violence don't understand boundaries, so Peace Creatures teaches them to have empathy toward other living things and understand when an animal is happy, sad, hungry, thirsty or suffering.
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