Mary Lou Randour, Howard Davidson. A Common Bond: Maltreated Children and Animals in the Home Guidelines for Practice and Policy. , American Humane and The Humane Society of the United States, 2008.

A Common Bond makes the point that, to keep families safe and protect children, we need to consider the role that pets play in families. Animal abuse in families often is one of the first indicators that a family needs help. Paying attention to animal abuse provides another important tool with which to guard children from abuse and neglect, provide needed support to families, and protect animals.