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Animal Pastors Provide Spiritual Care to All Species | Arts and Entertainment

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Sarah Bowen said she has been working as an animal pastor since she was 6 years old.

Growing up in the Midwest as the child of a Presbyterian preacher, she was frequently taken to hospice facilities and funeral homes, where people were shown crumpled chipmunks and other animals on the side of the road. I realized I wasn’t being treated with the same compassion.

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