Word from MSNBC is that a soup kitchen exclusively for dogs has opened in Berlin. Director of the establishment, Claudia Hollm, confirmed that the soup kitchen provides a free meal for the pets of the homeless and the unemployed.
"Nowadays people underestimate dogs, " Hollm continued. "They are incredibly important for those who lack social contact with other humans."
We all know about the therapeutic effects of pet ownership and Hollm may be on to something. "Making sure dogs don't go hungry is just as important as making sure that people don't starve," she elaborated.
No word on whether or not starving people actually eat the food intended for their pets or what that food is but Hollm does get sponsorship from companies, including animal food manufacturers. Similarly no information on whether soup kitchens for humans turn away pets.
If that is indeed the case, then Hollm is doing pet-loving humans a great favor. In fact, one woman who uses the free service, has two dogs, four cats, a rabbit and some guinea pigs. "Without this animal bread line, I'd probably starve to death," she told the German newspaper, Sueddeutsche, which I believe is intended to imply that she would give up her food for her pets.
Ironically, the Berlin pet soup kitchen opens one month after a new bus service that transports dogs to a luxury day-care service, was initiated.
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