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| | The *It's a Dog's Life* Network is not currently active and cannot accept new posts | | Pets are becoming victoms of Mortgage Crisis | Views: 540 | | Feb 07, 2008 3:14 am | | Pets are becoming victoms of Mortgage Crisis | # | 
Andrea "Andi" Yates | | Hi all...this is sad...I just found this on MSN.
Pets are becoming victims of mortgage crisis
Posted Feb 01 2008, 07:46 PM by Karen Datko
Filed under: Housing, Banking, Family, Karen Datko
Rating: News reports of people abandoning their pets in their repossessed homes or dropping them off at already overburdened animal shelters have prompted outrage across the blogosphere. "What is wrong with these people that they just leave them in the home after they have moved out? What is the reasoning behind their thinking?" wrote Texas real estate professional Stephanie Hansson at the Active Rain blog. "I am heartsick and just can't understand."
Some bloggers are urging readers to take action as the foreclosure rate climbs. Deanna Raeke at For the Love of the Dog asked her readers to check the yards and look in the windows of vacant houses to see if pets were left behind. You also can adopt a "foreclosure cat" or dog from your local shelter.
Pets "are getting dumped all over," Traci Jennings, president of the Humane Society of Stanislaus County in northern California, told The Associated Press. "Farmers are finding dogs dumped on their grazing grounds, while house cats are showing up in wild cat colonies." Some shelters are planning to offer temporary housing for evicted pets until their owners can find a pet-friendly place to live. For links to other news stories, check out this post at The Home Equity Theft Reporter.
One man didn't leave animals behind but actually introduced some to his former home, according to a story in BusinessWeek. It said: "A man in Eagle Creek, Ore., recently put three 200-pound pigs in his repossessed home. They quickly tore up the place, ripping away the foundation and reducing the back porch to rubble. When police found the pigs, the animals were unharmed but a little cranky."
Private Reply to Andrea "Andi" Yates | | Feb 07, 2008 8:48 pm | | re: Pets are becoming victoms of Mortgage Crisis | # | 
Kristin | | Oh how horrible!!! I hadn't thought of people abandoning 'family members' when they lose their home--but when you think of it they are now trying to find a place to live and may now be in an apartment that doesn't accept their pet!
Perhaps there's a market to provide 'foster care' for their pets while the family is trying to put their life together!
I have a 'foster dog' for a service member so that he didn't lose his best buddy. She'll be here eagerly waiting for him when he returns! In the meanwhile she's been safe, cared for properly, and loved.
Kristin
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