In violent households, companion animals are often victims of the same abuse that children and intimate partners suffer—but now, we can take an important step forward to identify and prevent these interconnected forms of abuse. H.R. 712, the Child and Animal Abuse Protection and Reporting Act (CAADRA), would amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to include information about animal abuse. Animal abuse in a household raises serious