الاثنين، 29 يناير 2018

Petition: Allow SNAP benefits for pet food

An online petition asks for a U.S. food assistance program to help pets.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits can’t be used to buy pet food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but people want that changed.

People have shown support through more than 87,000 electronic signatures on an online petition.

“Some argue that people should not keep pets if they cannot afford them, but the fact is that an individual or family's financial status can change at any time,” part of the petition says. “Should someone be forced to give up a pet they've had for years just because they hit a financial rough patch?”

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