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Even if you don’t love cats, the Instagram @1bike1world is pretty hard to resist. A 31-year old Scottish man named Dean Nicholson got tired of his day job as a welder and decided to travel the world on his bike. Along the way he adopted an adorable kitten he named Nala that he found on […]
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The unending government shutdown is causing stress for federal workers and their families, including their pets. Communities all over the country have been working to help fill this gap. The #ChefsforFeds project of Chef Jose Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen is serving hot food to thousands of government workers daily at many locations in Washington, D.C. and around the country — already 40,000 in DC alone. Here in D.C., WCK is partnering with the International Fund for Animal Welfare to provide pet food and necessary supplies for furloughed workers.
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