When Andy Bond and longtime friend, Matt Krentz, heard that many domestic violence victims didn't leave their abusers because they couldn't take their pets, they wanted to find a solution.
"We knew we had the ability to problem solve, we knew we had the ability to create the software with a technical team, but what we didn't know is the breadth of the crisis," Bond said.
After touring facilities across the country the pair got to work, co-founding BestyBnB, a technology platform that helps domestic violence shelters find safe, temporary-housing for the pets of victims.
The service is "desperately needed," said retired police officer and community-police liaison for Synergy Services Domestic Violence Shelter, Kim Shaw-Ellis.
"The organization's been extraordinarily eager and receptive and excited to have this resource and this tool so that we can extend even more services to the victim," Shaw-Ellis said.
- Andy Bond, co-founder, BestyBnB
- Kim Shaw-Ellis, community-police liaison, Synergy Services Domestic Violence Shelter
