North Carolina Animal Shelter Prepares Thanksgiving Dinner for Stray Dogs

An animal shelter in Raeford, North Carolina provided its strays and unwanted pets with a full Thanksgiving meal, video posted on November 24 showed.

Footage recorded by Kristi Pylant shows a full Thanksgiving spread laid out at the Hoke County Animal Shelter and various dogs digging in to their meals.

“I started doing Thanksgiving dinner for the shelter animals where I work 17 years ago,” Pylant told Storyful. “Over the years the community stepped in to help, and people donate turkeys and side dishes and they come out to help us feed all the shelter animals this special meal,” she added. Credit: Kristi Pylant via Storyful

Video Transcript

[DOG BARKING]

- Happy Thanksgiving. He's like--

[CHOMPING]

[DOG BARKING]

- Happy Thanksgiving. He's like--

[CHOMPING]

[DOG BARKING]

- Happy Thanksgiving. He's like--

[CHOMPING]

[DOG BARKING]