Animal shelters around the country are being flooded with hungry pets,
and to tackle the problem, charitable organizations are setting up pet
food banks, with products offered within regular food pantries.
“One of our goals is to keep pets in their homes if we can,” said Jane
Hoffman, president of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, a
nonprofit that works to find ways of limiting the number of animals in
New York City that are euthanized. “It’s heartbreaking when an animal
has to go to a shelter simply because its family doesn’t have the money
to feed it.”