A note from our Founder: I hope this message finds you safe and healthy during these difficult and uncertain days. I know you are concerned for our clients and care about the pets of those who are homeless….Read more here…Feeding Pets of the Homeless™ April 2020 Newsletter Issue 141
We received a call for emergency vet care from a homeless carpenter that had been living in his van for the past eight months, as he was headed to San Francisco, CA from Los Angeles for work. His dog Lex, a 7-year-old male French Bulldog, hadn’t urinated in 24 hours. Poor Lex had urine dripping...
In January, Feeding Pets of the Homeless™ received a call from a disabled woman living in an RV. She receives SSI but has bounced between a parking lot and a maintenance yard in Stockton, CA for the past six years with no utilities, but sometimes is allowed to hook up a hose for water. She...
Next City by: Jillian Kestler-D’Amours March 25, 2020 Travis Williams says it started with a philosophy – and a simple question: “What can we do to ensure that folks don’t have to be turned away?” The answer, says Williams, the chief development officer at Springs Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter and day center in Colorado...
Image Source: Pixabay The holidays and winter can be hard for the pets of the homeless. With the cold weather and potential for health issues like hypothermia and frostbite, the homeless and their pets need help more than ever during this season, especially as poverty and homelessness continue to rise in the US. Even though...
A man and his dog, Gemini, have been living on the streets of Spokane, WA for about three years. He brought Gemini into a veterinary wellness clinic after he was hit by a car. Within 20 minutes of the accident our volunteers in our network in Spokane had him on the phone with Feeding Pets...
Dear Supporters, During this time surrounding COVID-19, food banks still need pet food. We ask you, our loyal supporters, to order dog/cat food online and have it shipped to a local food bank. No need to go to a store! To find a food bank go to the homepage put in your location then look...
with host Kassandra Butterfield on Good Day Carson
A homeless woman and her emotional support dog, Angel, have been living on the streets of Vineland, New Jersey for the past two months. She has had Angel for the last year and a half and states she looks and sounds like a cow. Angel has some separation anxiety because she had four different owners...
A Buena Park, CA woman who has been living in her car for the past four years, called Feeding Pets of the Homeless™ because her 3-year-old female Chihuahua, Clover, had been attacked by a coyote on a walk two weeks prior. Clover had received surgery for three broken ribs, a torn muscle, and a punctured...
