If we can make one sweeping stereotype about Seattleites, it’s that many of us are pet people.

Now, a clinic inside a youth homeless shelter in Seattle’s Belltown has found an innovative way to get people connected to services - by offering vet care.

KUOW reporter Eilis O’Neill was out at the clinic recently and is here to talk about what she learned.

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