"With SNAP benefits on hold, more pet owners are facing an impossible choice: feed themselves or their pets. The MSPCA-Angell animal welfare nonprofit says requests for help have surged, prompting an urgent call for donations to keep families and their animals together. We want to make sure that people are able to feed their pets while they're making impossible choices on incomes that were already limited before this shutdown, said Alyssa Krieger, director of MSPCA-Angell Community Outreach, in a statement."
"The Community Outreach team works to keep families together with their pets. MSPCA-Angell distributes an average of 275,000 pet meals per month and expects to increase that by 22,000 meals per week to meet demand. To reach that goal, it will cost roughly $6,000 extra each week. Several emergency pop-up pet food pantries are happening throughout November, with the next scheduled for Nov. 13 at Nevins Farm in Methuen from 11 to 1 p.m."
Funding for SNAP benefits ran out on Nov. 1 and restoration timing is unclear. Requests for pet food assistance have surged, straining MSPCA-Angell's resources and staff. The Outreach team is increasing the number of pet food pantries this month and expanding operations in hard-hit communities such as Lawrence and Boston. MSPCA-Angell distributes about 275,000 pet meals per month and plans to add 22,000 meals per week to meet demand, which will cost roughly $6,000 extra each week. Several emergency pop-up pantries are scheduled in November, including Nov. 13 at Nevins Farm in Methuen. Donations of food or funds can be sent via mspca.org/wishlist or dakinhumane.org/shop.
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