This Mother-Daughter Duo Provide Health Care For Homeless People's Pets
“The whole mission is to not have a pet be hungry, and not have a pet be in pain. And if their owner happens to be homeless, even more reason to help them.”
Have you ever walked by a homeless person with a dog and thought, "how can they care for that animal?" Eight years ago Genevieve Frederick thought the same thing and created a nationwide organization called Pets Of The Homeless with her daughter, Renee.
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The National Coalition for the Homeless says there are 3.5 million people experiencing homelessness every year, and about 10% of them are pet owners.
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So far, Pets Of The Homeless has treated over 12,800 pets.
"The whole mission is to not have a pet be hungry and not have a pet be in pain. And if their owner happens to be homeless, even more reason to help them because they don't have the resources," Genevieve Frederick told Elite Daily.
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The organization sponsors volunteers and veterinarians all over to provide food and medical care for homeless pets.
"Some of our volunteers take it to the streets, or they go out to these encampments where they know that the homeless are congregated," Renee Lowry told Elite Daily.
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