The Ralston Purina company (now called Nestlé Purina PetCare) is noted as a maker of pet food, but the company also established a nonprofit program called Pets for People. Managed by local humane societies, Pets for People works to provide free pets to people over age sixty. To no one’s surprise, Pets for People and the many programs like it report that most of the recipients of pets report that the quality of their lives has improved considerably after taking a pet into their homes.
