Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter

In Butte, a heartfelt mission is brewing to ensure that pets don’t go hungry, as economic struggles hit home for families and their furry friends.

The employees at NorthWestern Energy have pooled their money together and made a sizable donation of dog and cat food to the Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter here in Butte. It's the employees, mind you, out of their own pockets, which makes the donation even more special. This is not the first time they have done this, and organizers promise that this will not be the last either.

Discover how you can make a difference this holiday season by supporting the Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter in Butte, Montana.

"That must be one hungry dog," I commented to Colleen. She told me with a smile that they were for a lot of dogs. Cats too. The dogs and cats at the Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter. But McDonald and Thorsrud do not work at the shelter. They work at the Uptown Northwestern Energy office and all of this food, and then some, was the result of some clever fundraising between departments and some very generous individual donors, all because they found out that the shelter needed help.

While we want to include our pets in our family celebrations, the folks at the Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter remind us that while our intentions are good, some of our Thanksgiving food may, in face, not be good for our pets. In some cases, what we eat can sometimes even kill them. Here are some of the things that you should never feed your dogs or cats this Thanksgiving.