Feeding Pets

Question:

Rabbi, Can I feed and water my birds (pigeons) and animals (dogs) on Sabbath day?

AskTheRabbi.org answered:

Not only is it permissible to do so but we are instructed by the Torah to feed them before we feed oursleves.

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