A Seattle-based medical insurance provider for cats and dogs has stepped in to fill a need not often covered by insurance, food.

In the past three weeks, Trupanion’s employees collected nearly four tons of pet food for animals at the Seattle Humane Society.

Kathryn Clappison, public relations specialist for the Seattle Humane Society, said the donation will go a long way to help feeding needs.

The pet food also will help supplement the humane society’s pet food bank, a program that helps more than 1,900 pets in local senior centers, low-income housing complexes and homes. Clappison said many times the food bank means the difference between whether an owner can keep their pets in their homes.

Their donation more than doubles last year’s record of 1.5 tons, according to the company’s business development manager, Lisa Marcotte.

“These pets need our support and we hope this donation will help Seattle Humane Society care for them until they’ve found their forever home,” Marcotte said.

For more information about Trupanion, visit www.trupanion.com

In other news, the humane society has waived adoption fees in December for cats that are at 1 year old. For more information about adopting a pet, visit www.seattlehu

wwmane.org, call 425-641-0080 or visit the shelter at 13212 S.E. Eastgate Way, Bellevue.