EditorialA woman with three rats on her shoulder at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s store Paws at the Mall inside the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Md., on April 22, 2023. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman with three rats on her shoulder at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s store Paws at the Mall inside the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Md., on April 22, 2023. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman with three rats on her shoulder at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s store Paws at the Mall inside the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Md., on April 22, 2023. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman with three rats on her shoulder at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s store Paws at the Mall inside the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Md., on April 22, 2023. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman with three rats on her shoulder at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s store Paws at the Mall inside the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Md., on April 22, 2023. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman with three rats on her shoulder at the SPCA of Anne Arundel County’s store Paws at the Mall inside the Westfield Annapolis Mall in Annapolis, Md., on April 22, 2023. (Matt Roth/The New York Times)
EditorialThe yard at Paws ‘n’ Rec, which offers membership-based day care, boarding and grooming, in Tampa, Fla., Jan. 11, 2023. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times)
EditorialUnited States Representative Steve Stivers (Republican of Ohio), holds a press conference about the Puppies Assisting Wounded Service Members (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act
EditorialDC: United States Representative Steve Stivers (Republican of Ohio), holds a press conference about the Puppies Assisting Wounded Service Members (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act
EditorialAlisha Soto wears a Grinch outfit for the nonprofit Crossroads Campus' annual Santa Paws event, outside the historic, tornado-damaged Church of the Assumption in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 5, 2020. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)