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The episode discusses the implications of a proposed law that criminalizes coercive control using pets in domestic abuse cases.

Animal lovers welcome plans for a law that criminalises coercive control using pets, but an expert in domestic abuse law isn't so sure it will work The Act party wants to criminalise coercive control using pets, but one expert questions why only this type of abuse is being singled out for attention Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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