Pet Food Pantries Help Keep Cats In Homes

The best way to reduce the number of animals euthanized in shelters each year is to keep them from entering shelters in the first place. How do we do that? The traditional answers usually involve TNR programs as well as spaying and neutering. Low cost spay/neuter programs seem to be gaining ground with shelters around the country. These are all great steps to help unwanted animals from being born and allowing individuals to keep a little extra money in their pockets while doing the best thing for their pets.  Low cost clinics are a great way to help people with tight budgets provide the best for their cats and dogs. Sometimes though, something more is needed.

During the recent recession the numbers of cats and dogs admitted to Chicago Animal Care and Control, as well as other shelters in the area, rose drastically. I remember watching a story on the…