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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 18 > Pet care, pro bono

Pet care, pro bono

When homeless pet owners need help, there are a few local veterinarians who open their doors

By Anne Aurand • For / The Bulletin
January 18, 2010

atrick Ployer lives in a tent somewhere around Third Street and Brosterhous Road with Sunshine, a big lab-pit bull mutt.

“To me, she is my family, like having a daughter. She keeps me going,” he said. “I think she even helps my health.”

Ployer, 48, is homeless and has no money to pay for the....

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