Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan, a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough, gets a kick out of playing with a kitten fro(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Pets and seniors make friends. John Cowan; a resident of Cedarbrook Lodge retirement home is Scarborough; gets a kick out of playing with a kitten from the Scarborough Animal Centre. The Pet-A-Pet program; sponsored by the animal centre; began at the Markham Rd. lodge last May after manager; Don Mitton; read about similar programs in San Francisco; Dallas; Fort Worth and London; Ont. The centre plans to take animals to seven or eight seniors' homes a month.