Help Animal Shelters Feed Pets, Pass the Bark Act

Please support the Bark Act. The bipartisan BARK Act aims to end food shortages facing animal shelters and reduce the millions of pounds of wasted pet food and supplies sitting in landfills by providing donor liability protections to businesses that offer charitable donations of food and pet supplies to shelters. Per Rep. Young Kim, “Many animal shelters face food and supply shortages while over a million pounds of useable pet supplies are wasted yearly. The BARK Act will help reduce this waste, supply shelters in need, and feed animals. I am happy to lead this commonsense bipartisan effort to support shelters and reduce waste in landfills.” Per Rep. Jamie Raskin, “Today, some animal shelters struggle to buy enough pet food for all the animals in their care—while many pet stores routinely throw away perfectly good pet food. The BARK Act makes a straightforward fix to the law governing food donation to make donating pet food as easy as donating people food. The BARK Act is a commonsense, bipartisan opportunity to help shelter animals and reduce waste. I’m thankful to Reps. Kim, McBath and Joyce and Senators Warnock and Tillis for joining me in this effort.” The Animal Welfare Institute, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), and the Humane Rescue Alliance endorsed this bill.