A dog that saved one battered woman’s life may go on to save many more — by changing the role beloved family pets play in the lives of domestic abuse victims.
The heroic Great Dane had thrown himself over the body of a woman who had been nearly beaten to death by her boyfriend who was repeatedly striking her with a hammer.
Realizing how much a difference it makes in the lives of abuse-escapees, the Rose Brooks Center in Kansas City, M.O. is now in the process of adding seven kennels.
(READ the article in the NY Daily News)