All the Melachos of Ochel Nefesh were only permitted to be performed for the need of the eating of a Jew. It is however [Biblically] forbidden to perform Melacha of Ochel Nefesh for the sake of feeding a gentile or animal.<a href="//27E33D78-77A5-4AE4-A690-29E4B16E48D4#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> This applies even to animals that are dependent on oneself for their food, such as pets.<a href="//27E33D78-77A5-4AE4-A690-29E4B16E48D4#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a> It is forbidden to perform to perform even Rabbinical Melacha on their behalf, such as to carry their food from a Reshus Hayachid to a Karmalis.<a href="//27E33D78-77A5-4AE4-A690-29E4B16E48D4#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3">[3]</a>
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<a href="//27E33D78-77A5-4AE4-A690-29E4B16E48D4#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> The reason: As the verse states “Hu Levado Yeiaseh Lachem” from which we learn that the Melacha may only be done for you and not for gentiles, for you and not for animals. [Admur ibid; Taz 512:1; Beitza ibid]
<a href="//27E33D78-77A5-4AE4-A690-29E4B16E48D4#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> Admur 512:3 and 7; Olas Shabbos 512:4; Elya Raba 512:10; M”B 512:16; Kaf Hachaim 512:32
<a href="//27E33D78-77A5-4AE4-A690-29E4B16E48D4#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3">[3]</a> Admur 512:7

Shulchan Aruch HaRav | May one cook or do other Melacha on Yom Tov for the sake of a Gentile or animal:

All the Melachos of Ochel Nefesh were only permitted to be performed for the need of the eating of a Jew. It is however forbidden to perform Melacha of Ochel Nefesh for the sake of feeding a gentile or animal.[1] This applies even to animals that are dependent on