Adopted teen feels connected to senior dogs she helps place in 'forever homes'

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The money Meena Kumar earns as a pet-sitter isn't spent on new clothes or the latest electronics — all of it instead goes straight to the Muttville Senior Dog Rescue.

Kumar, 14, lives in San Jose, California, and first learned about Muttville five years ago, when a neighbor told her about the organization. She has always loved animals, and after her first visit to the rescue, which re-homes older dogs, she was hooked. "They're the most gentle and loyal creatures," Kumar told Today.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.