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Th??? is ??s?l?t?l? n? sh??t??? ?? c?ts ?n th? int??n?t—? v?st st???h??s? ?? ?ict???s, vi???s, im??? m?c??s ?n? ?ls? ?nim?t?? GIFs ?? th? ????? c?m??ni?ns. Th? c?t?st ?m?n? th?m c?n ?v?n ??c?m? c?l???iti?s in th?i? ?wn ?i?ht, ??ckin? ?? th??s?n?s ?? ??ll?w??s ????? t? s?? m??? ?? th? w??l?’s ???m?i?st ?n? ???i?st m??s.

On? ?? th? n?w?st m??win? c?l???iti?s is B?st?n’s K?l?, ?n ?x?tic sh??th?i? with ? whit? m??st?ch?, ?n ???-kilt?? ???, twin wil? ??tch?s ?? ?nt?m??l? whisk??s ?n? ?n ??????nt ??si?? t? w??? tin? c?st?m?s.

B?t K?l?, wh? h?s n???l? 70,000 ??ll?w??s ?n Inst????m (vi? th? n?m? m?c?tk?l?) is n?t j?st s?m? ???in??? Int??n?t c?t. Th?t’s ??c??s? ????t s?v?n ????s ???, this ??sc?? kitt? witn?ss?? ? m?????—? c?s? ?? ??m?stic vi?l?nc? th?t ?n??? ??t?ll? in In?i?n?.

“It’s ?lw??s ???n this ???ll? ??scin?tin? ??ct th?t w?’v? kn?wn ????t him,” st?t?? J?n Ric?, th? c?t’s ?wn??, wh? liv?s in J?m?ic? Pl?in ?n? w??ks ??? ? l?c?l ?niv??sit?. “Wh?n h? st??t?? ??inin? m??? ??ll?w??s ?n Inst????m, ????l? s?i?, ‘T?ll m? ????t th? m?????.’”

N?w, Ric? st?t?s, sh?’s ???n ??ttin? K?l?’s c?l???it? t? ???? ?s?, ??isin? ??n?s ?n? ?w???n?ss ??? ??t-??i?n?l? ??m?stic vi?l?nc? sh?lt??s — ?l?c?s wh??? victims m?? ?sc??? ?n ???siv? ??l?ti?nshi? ?n? t?k? th?i? ??ts with th?m, ?? wh??? victims c?n ?? ?ss???? th?i? ??ts will ?? c???? ??? ???sit?.

“I st??t?? G???lin? ??m?stic vi?l?nc? ?n? ??ts ?n? ???n? ??t th???’s this h??? n??? ??? ??m?stic vi?l?nc? sh?lt??s t? ?cc??t ??ts,” sh? ?x?l?in??. “Until I ??t K?l? I ?i?n’t ?v?n kn?w th??? w?s this ?i?? n???.”

Ric? h?s ??is?? th??s?n?s ?? ??ll??s s? ??? ?? s?llin? m??ch?n?is? (shi?ts, ?l?sh t??s, ?ill?ws, ??shi?n ?cc?ss??i?s) ???t??in? K?l?’s l?v??l? ??c?, ?? ?? ?cc??tin? m?n?? ???m c?m??ni?s t? ???t??? th?i? ?????cts in h?? ????. All ?? th? ???c???s ?? t? ?n ????niz?ti?n ???ic?t?? t? th? iss?? c?ll?? R??R?v??, ?n? th? N?w Y??k Cit? U???n R?s???c? Instit?t?’s P???l? ?n? Anim?ls Livin? S???l? (URIPALS) ??????m.

Sh? h?s ?ls? l?nt th? ??n??its ?? th? M? C?t K?l? ???n? t? R??R?v?? ??? wh?n th? n?n????it ????niz?ti?n h???s t? ? c?t-l?v??’s c?nv?nti?n n?xt m?nth in L?s An??l?s, wh??? sh? ?l?ns t? ?ist?i??t? th??s?n?s ?? l???l?ts with in???m?ti?n ????t ??m?stic vi?l?nc? ?n? ??ts.

Ric? j?ins m?n? ?m?n? M?ss?ch?s?tts ???s? ??s???ch??s ?n? victim ??v?c?t?s wh? h?v? ???n h??in? ??? ??n?w?? ??c?s ?n th? ??l? ?? ??ts in ???s? c?s?s.

An ????niz?ti?n in B??kshi?? C??nt? c?ll?? th? H?m?n/Anim?l Vi?l?nc? E??c?ti?n N?tw??k (HAVEN) l???s ?n ???c?ti?n ??????m ?n th? ?ct??l c?nn?cti?n ??tw??n ?nim?l ???s? ?n? vi?l?nc? in th? h?m?. A st?t?wi?? ??????m c?ll?? S???P?t—which is ??n ?? th? B??kshi?? H?m?n? S?ci?t?—links ??m?stic vi?l?nc? s??viv??s with ??st?? ??mili?s which c?n c??? ??? th?i? ??ts in tim?s ?? n???.

O?ti?ns ??? ??ts c?n ?? ? li??-s?v??, Ric? st?t??.

Acc???in? t? Th? N?ti?n?l C??liti?n A??inst D?m?stic Vi?l?nc?, ????t th???-????t??s ?? ???s? s??viv??s s?? th?i? ???tn?? inj???? ?? th???t?n?? ? ??mil? ??t, ?n? m??? th?n h?l? ?n? ?? h?vin? t? l??v? th?i? ??ts in th? c??? ?? th?i? ???siv? ???tn??s wh?n th?? ?l?? vi?l?nc?. N???l? h?l? ?? th?s? s??viv??s s?i? th?? ??l???? th?i? ch?ic? t? l??v? h?m? ??? t? c?nc??ns ????t th?i? ?nim?ls.

An? ?i?ht n?w, sh? w?nt ?n t? s??, j?st 5 ???c?nt ?? ??m?stic vi?l?nc? sh?lt??s ?ll?w victims t? ??in? th?i? ??ts with th?m.

In th? m?nths sinc? Ric? st??t?? h?? c?m??i?n t? l?v????? K?l?’s st?? ??w??, sh? st?t?? sh?’s ???n th?ill?? th?t s? m?n? ?? h?? c?t’s ??ns h?v? chi???? in, s????? th? w??? ?? ?s?? th? h?sht?? ‪#‎C?tsA??instDV‬.

Als?, sh? s?i?, th?t m?n? s??viv??s ?? ???s? h?v? ???ch?? ??t t? ????? th?i? s?????t, ?? j?st t? s?? th?nks.

“P???l? wh? h?v? ???n victims ?? ??m?stic vi?l?nc? ?n? ??ll?w K?l?’s ?cc??nt h?v? s?i? K?l? s??v?? ?s ? s???c? ?? ins?i??ti?n ??? th?m ??c??s? h?’s kin? ?? this ??i?ht li?ht. Thin?s c?n ??t ??tt?? ?n? ??? c?n ?in? ???c?,” Ric? st?t??. “Th?t h?s ???n ?xt??m?l? ??w???in?.”