For the approximately 3.3 million dogs taken in by animal shelters in the United States every year, leftover Thanksgiving turkey dinner is something they'll probably have to do without. Such are the drawbacks of not having a human family and a loving home.
Several shelters across the country have started to address the problem with a creative solution that benefits everybody, whether human or canine. Christie Chipps Peters, the director at the Richmond Animal Control and Care Center in Virginia, told The Dodo how the idea came to her one day.
