PET PROJECT

SUSANNA HOMAN

Confession: Just four years ago, I wouldn’t have thought twice about the plight of homeless animals. As someone reared in a house without pets, I can pinpoint my animal awakening to February 2013, when I went to a PAWS Chicago fundraiser and saw a volunteer holding a shelter puppy named Capricorn. I touched his head, and it was love at first nuzzle. By the end of that weekend, Gus, as I’d renamed him, had come home with me for a trial run. Within a few days, I knew there was no way I’d be returning him. So when it came time to work on our pets feature for this issue, it was imperative to me that we find a way to include Chicago’s homeless animal population. Our idea: Every shelter has pets…

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Chicago (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2016

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