These people really don’t love those pets.
I certainly HOPE the owners explained the CHANGE to tinkerbell, and advised it to contact any Washington politician for a piece of the bailout dough.
the people in this article just don't want the headache.
Around here, there are farm and farmette foreclosures, and horses are starving as the grass goes into its winter hibernation and the owners are unable to pay for hay. Local rescue organizations are full of starved horses, which they try to save. Some owners are simply turning horses loose, hoping that they will find grass to eat somewhere, but more often the horses simply panic, run out onto the road, and get killed.
you might have to look harder, and do more legwork, but there are always places that accept pets. Especially if said pet is a cat or small dog. More work if you have a pit bull I guess. Lazy is a better word for these people.
Being military we’ve lived in rented or base housing until less than 1 month ago (we are going to be here for more than the usual 3 years so we bought). We’ve always had at least one pet. We’ve never gone homeless due to a lack of rental properties allowing pets, and we’ve never dumped an animal at the pound. As a matter of fact, our cat came from the pound two bases ago.
We felt that we could easily handle a third cat (we've had three before) and that it would help out the shelter. We brought home a five year old cat who had been at the shelter for 18 months.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Stories like these coming from a leftist media outlet are most likely being written to touch people’s feelings that the cold hearted government needs to give money to these folks in foreclosed homes so they can keep their pets.
Never underestimate the power of a leftist to sway public opinion.
There are more and more apartments allowing renters to keep a pet - I pay a small ($15.00) surcharge for my cat.
If I had to live in my minivan till I got back up on my feet, I'd keep my cat.
I volunteer in rescue....and all across the country shelters are slammed with dogs and cats. We have never seen it this bad EVER! This national financial crisis has made a bad situation worse for these great companions!People are dumping their animals at shelters like crazy and so many animals are dying(keep in mind that at most kill shelters an owner turn in can be put down immediately). DOgs barely have 24 hours in most cases to get out alive and that is just not enough time to arrange a pull, vetting and transport with funding these days. Rescues have seen their donations down to all time lows and it will only get worse through the holidays. ....and come January, February, March and April you will see buyers remorse and shelters will be overwhelmed with Christmas puppies so the older dogs will have even less of a shot at survival!
If you can...please donate either time, a ride,money, toys, beds, food or a foster home for a dog or cat. Sometimes all a rescue needs to save a dogs life is just a night in someones home while transport is arranged. And adopting a dog from a shelter is very inexpensive!
Saving one dog will not change the world... But, surely, for that one dog the world will change forever!
“Tinkerbell, a sweet, docile house cat, was surrendered by her owners after they found out that they had lost their home.”
Well, except for keeping Tinkerbell, this is still the best thing to do. She could be thrown from a car, or off a bridge, or find herself on a spit ... just saying.
This all has to do with personal responsibility. The same people who took out mortgages that they couldn't afford and will burden the rest of us with them, aren't even responsible enough to drive to a shelter to drop off their pets. What kind of ass clown leaves a dog chained in the backyard? I agree with the PP about donating time or money to this cause. Frankly, I think many of these animals are more deserving of my money then their owners.
