'People stay for their pets because they're like one of the children - you couldn't leave a child in that kind of situation and you can't leave a dog.'
In 2018, Carmel decided to open up her home to the pets of domestic abuse victims.
Carmel, from London, has fostered 12 dogs, including a pug, a Staffordshire bull terrier, and a greyhound - caring for them until their owners find stable housing."You're helping someone in a really difficult situation to have a bit of respite," she says. The team works directly with abuse victims, and takes referrals from refuge centres and local authorities.
"Once we have collected the dog, we match them with a volunteer in a different part of the country so there's no safety risks of the dog being recognised."In a 2019 Pets & Domestic Abuse Survey, 97% of professionals working in the sector said pets were often used as a means of controlling someone experiencing domestic abuse.Ms Hyde says people using the Freedom Project tell similar stories.
"She stopped going out to see anybody because she was so scared the dogs would get hit by a car or go missing."
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