Foreclosure pets
According to USA TODAY, family pets, their lives altered by the ravaged finances of their owners, are turning up in animal shelters in large numbers in some parts of the country.
According to USA TODAY, family pets, their lives altered by the ravaged finances of their owners, are turning up in animal shelters in large numbers in some parts of the country. And the precise numbers are unknown, because there is no nationwide standard for recording foreclosure pets. But shelters that are experiencing an increase in pet intakes are almost without exception in areas where the foreclosure rate is high. Animal shelters in these hard-hit areas are devising programs to respond to the situation.
Source: www.usatoday.com, Foreclosures slam doors on pets, too by Sharon L. Peters, March 25, 2008.
