Pandemic prompts drive-through pet blessing in Philippines

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ICYMI: On World Animal Day, pets in the Philippines receive drive-thru blessings

From a safe distance inside their owners’ cars, cats, dogs, and birds were sprinkled with holy water by a Catholic priest in Manila, as the nation’s coronavirus cases continued to surge.

Organisers and participants said this year’s unusual way of blessing pets for World Animal Day, celebrated worldwide to recognise animal rights and welfare, ensured social distancing.

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