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Pet Food Pantry Planned For Northern Suburbs

WHITE PLAINS, NY (AP) - A New York woman is starting a pet food pantry to help people who may be forced to give up their animals because they can no longer afford to feed them.

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WCBS 880's Catherine Cioffi reports from White Plains

Susan Katz plans to open Hudson Valley Food Pantry in April in Valhalla, in a space donated by American Legion Post 1038. The pet food would be free to anyone who could demonstrate a need.

It would be open to residents of Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties. Eventually, Katz would like to open a separate pantry for each county.

Katz says those eligible for the free pet food would include people who lost their jobs, senior citizens on a fixed income or anyone who faces any other temporary or permanent financial hardship.

(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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