The article discusses the founding of a new pet pantry in Lorain County called the Pet Pantry of Lorain County. It was started by Dawn Pilger to help pet owners in need afford food and supplies for their pets. It is modeled after the successful North Olmsted Pet Pantry. Multiple Breed Rescue has agreed to sponsor the new pantry. They have received donations of food and supplies to help get started. The pantry plans to serve around 300 families per month.

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Published on
Feb. 21, 2016
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Karen Uthe Semancik
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You might say Lorain
County resident Dawn
Pilger is a bit of a
copycat. And that’s a
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good thing for area pet
owners who may be
experiencing a financial
hardship.
Pilger recently founded
the Pet Pantry of Lorain
County, which stocks
food, treats and other
pet supplies for pet
parents in need.
The concept mimics the
North Olmsted Pet
Pantry, and is a direct
result of the
overwhelming response
that organization was
experiencing.
“This all started by
someone posting a
newspaper ad for the
North Olmsted Pet
Pantry on Facebook. Of
course everyone
started sharing it and it
went viral. Tracey
Antognazzi, who runs
North Olmsted Pet
Pantry, saw the post
and contacted me via
Facebook,” Pilger
said. “She explained
that they are a small
pet pantry trying to
help many, but were
being severely

3. overwhelmed by all the
phone calls coming in.”
In her research, Pilger
discovered that,
although the need is
great, there are only a
few pet pantries within
Northeast Ohio.
Those who need
temporary or
supplemental
assistance, such as
senior citizens, the
disabled or folks
experiencing a
temporary job loss, did
not have anywhere
local to turn for help.
She decided to do
something about that.
“My next step was to
contact Bob Sell, who
owns and operates
Woof House (a pet
lodging facility) in
Sheffield to see if he
might be interested in
helping me set up a pet
pantry for Lorain
County,” Pilger said.
Bob immediately said
‘yes,’ and graciously
offered Woof House for
a designated donation

4. center and to have our
monthly distributions
held there, as well.”
She then set up a
private Facebook page
to see if others would
join her in making this
happen. Within a few
days, she had almost
70 people join that
page.
One of those persons
was Amy Hunt of
Multiple Breed Rescue,
who offered to sponsor
Pilger’s pet pantry
under her rescue’s
501(c)3 nonprofit
rescue. Pilger
graciously accepted,
and is now operating as
a subsidiary.
“Multiple Breed Rescue
has been working with
families for years,
assisting them with
advice, training, vet
care, food and more,”
said Amy Hunt, founder
of Multiple Breed
Rescue. “When Dawn
Pilger came up with
this idea and started
putting it into action,
she needed the support

5. and sponsorship of a
registered non-profit.
“MBR loved the idea
and were willing to do
anything to help her
make this successful. If
we can keep dogs in
the homes that love
them then why
wouldn’t we help."
Once everyone came
together with a plan of
action, the North
Olmsted Pet Pantry
offered to help get the
Lorain pantry started
with a donation of over
2,500 pounds of dog
and cat food, treats
and more.
After Pilger and her
volunteer team counted
and sorted the
inventory, she created
a public Facebook page
for Pet Pantry of
Lorain County.
The month-old initiative
has received a lot of
buzz already, and Pilger
expects to serve at
least 300 families
based on the North
Olmsted pantry’s data.

6. She is hoping to be
able to provide a 30-
day supply of what is
needed.
“Our goal is to ensure
pet parents aren’t
going without their
needs to make sure
their companion
animals aren’t going
without food and/or
care,” Pilger said.
If you would like to
help, you can make a
monetary donation via
PayPal to
petpantrylorain@gmail.com,
or you can drop off dry
and wet dog and cat
food, dog and cat soft
and hard treats, kitty
litter, leashes, collars,
bed and bowls to one
of the organization’s
four drop-off sites:
Woof
House, 3497
River Road,
Sheffield
Dogs On the Go
Professional Pet
Sitting, 128
Harrison St.,
Elyria
Total Canine
Obedience,

7. 45970 N. Ridge
Road, Amherst
WOBL
Radio, 45624
U.S. Route 20,
Oberlin
Pet Pantry of Lorain
County is also in need
of large storage tubs
and bins to place in
businesses around the
County to collect
donations.
Also, Grafton Cub Scout
Pack 152 is holding a
pet food drive on March
20 at Rural King in
Elyria from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m., and everything
donated that day will
be donated to Pet
Pantry of Lorain County
via Multiple Breed
Rescue.
For those who may
need assistance, an
application can be
requested by emailing
petpantrylorain@gmail.com
or by visiting the
pantry’s Facebook
page.
Of note: when funds
are available, Multiple
Breed Rescue will offer

8. to help with spay and
neuter services for
pantry clients whose
pets are not yet
altered.
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MANILA, Philippines —
Philippine President

9. Rodrigo Duterte said
Monday that his bloody
anti-drug campaign
that has left nearly
1,800 people dead
does not amount to
genocide, but that he's
ready to go to jail to
defend his men from
lawsuits.
Duterte drew a line
between the
widespread killings
sparked by his anti-
drug war and the
brutality under Syrian
President Bashar Assad
and the atrocities
committed by Islamic
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"Genocide? Who did I
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child. I did not drop
barrel (bombs) just like
Assad," Duterte said in
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10. whom he called
"idiots," Duterte said,
"I do not burn women
because they refuse to
have sex."
At least 1,779 drug
suspects have been
killed in Duterte's
campaign, including
712 who were gunned
down in clashes with
police, with the rest
being slain in still-
unclear circumstances,
the national police chief
told a Senate inquiry
last week.
At least 3.7 million
Filipinos have become
addicted to
methamphetamine, a
prohibited stimulant
known locally as shabu,
with about 600,000
drug users and dealers
surrendering to
authorities, Duterte
said.
Human rights groups
have expressed alarm
over the spate of
killings, and U.N.-
appointed human rights
experts warned steps
should be taken to halt

11. the violence, adding
that the government
and law enforcers could
be held responsible.
"Claims to fight the
illicit drug trade do not
absolve the
government from its
international legal
obligations and do not
shield state actors or
others from
responsibility for illegal
killings," U.N. Special
Rapporteur on
summary executions
Agnes Callamard said
in a statement this
month.
The 71-year-old
Duterte built a name
with his deadly crime-
busting style as a
longtime mayor of
southern Davao city. He
described his campaign
against drugs as a
harsh war that would
involve the military
because the problem
has worsened into a
crisis and claimed the
lives of law enforcers.
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like the South

12. American countries and
their fractured
governments. I am
declaring war," he told
an audience at a
national heroes'
cemetery Monday that
included ambassadors,
war veterans and
security officials. The
drug menace, he said,
"has infected every
nook and corner of this
country involving
generals, mayors,
governors, barangay
(village) captains" and
policemen.
Pressing his campaign,
Duterte announced
bounties of 2 million
pesos ($42,000) for
information that would
help the government
identify any police
officer protecting drugs
syndicates.
He repeated his pledge
to defend the police
and military, but
warned law enforcers
against conniving with
criminals.
"In the pursuit of law
and order, pursuant to

13. my directions, you do
not have to worry
about criminal liability,"
he said. "I will go to
the prison for you. I
take full legal
responsibility, you just
do it according to the
books."
"But for those in
government, the police,
the corrupt police and
the corrupt judges and
the corrupt
prosecutors, there will
be a day of
comeuppance, there
will always be a day of
reckoning," Duterte
said.
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