Greetings! Welcome to the May edition of Dr. Pet Mom’s Delightful Pet Menagerie (DPM) Newsletter. Warmer weather feels like a great time for the best traveling tidbits for your pet. Enjoy!
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Updated: Pet Food Pantries and Food Banks 🥫
This week’s blog is a 2021 update on pet food banks and pet food resources for pet parents. In January 2018, the Care2 Petitions claimed that 235,00 people signed a petition to include pet food in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The petition on Care2 Petitions asked the USDA to expand its SNAP food policy to include pet food. (The petition was closed in 2018.)
Although the petition went viral, it was not likely to influence or change USDA’s policy on SNAP benefits.
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In January 2018, the Care2 Petitions claimed that 235,00 people signed a petition to include pet food in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The petition on Care2 Petitions asked the USDA to expand its SNAP food policy to include pet food. (The petition was closed in 2018.)
Although the petition went viral, it was not likely to influence or change USDA’s policy on SNAP benefits.
Continue reading “Pet Food Pantries and Food Banks 🥫”