Soup kitchen feeds people and their pets

[Catherine]

This is a very positive step forward. A New York soup kitchen provides meals for people's pets. It is a recognition of how important pets are in people's lives. Even homeless people need the love of a pet, in fact they may need it more.

http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-york-...ople-pets/

A trend like this is important for the pets involved, but it is also recognizing the homeless as people who have complex needs.

Shelters for abused women are now starting to take people's pets too. Humane Societies are opening up pet food banks. We are starting to see that pets are an important part of our lives. They are not a luxury item or a passing thing to be discarded. Pets help keep us happy and balanced even in a crisis of fleeing a bad situation or living on the streets. People need pets and we are happier because we have them.