Family pets fall victim to subprime crisis

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<p><em>This is so sad. And it makes me angry too. Who would do this to the family pet?</em></p>

<p>CHICAGO <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080125/lf_afp/uspropertyfinanceanimals">(AFP)</a> - Forget about the lost furnishings and finances, the most pitiful victims of the subprime mortgage crisis rocking the United States are the family pets. Shelters across the country have seen sharp upticks in the number of people giving up their pets in recent months because they have been forced out of their homes.</p>

<p>And -- more tragically -- neighbors, police and foreclosure agents are finding increasing numbers of pets left to fend for themselves in abandoned homes.</p>

<p>"We're finding too many animals who have starved to death," said Stephanie Shain, director of outreach for the Human Society of the United States.</p>

<p>While some people dump their pets on the street, others go so far as to lock the animal in a closet where their cries for help are harder to hear, she said.</p>

<p>It can take weeks for an animal to starve to death and desperate scratch and bite marks are usually found on doors and windows.</p>

<p><a onclick="return openSS(this.href);" target="ss" href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Queenstown2C-Maryland-subprime-mortgage-crisis-Queen-Anne-County-Department/photo//080125/photos_ts_wl_afp/9a2478d31b52de8daa2c35d850f7a3a9//s:/afp/20080125/lf_afp/uspropertyfinanceanimals;_ylt=Avqb8mlWmSgRyQKh0RosHGn2_sEF"><img height="117" alt="A dog looks from its enclosure at a kennel at the Queen Anne's County Department of Animal Service in Queenstown, Maryland, January 24. The most pitiful victims of the subprime mortgage crisis rocking the US are the family pets as people forced out of their homes are giving up their pets.(AFP/Jim Watson)" width="180" border="0" src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080125/capt.sge.ced98.250108170223.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=180&y=117&q=85&sig=zeMBlyBMjeE0fOVaoWiDMw--" /></a></p>
 
<p>Ugh. I knew people would have to give their pets up when the foreclosures started, but to trap the pet in the house! That's unforgivable. Even if they don't have the time or means to take the pet with them or to the shelter, how hard is it to call animal control and let them know where to go to pick up the pet...</p>
 
How do these people go to sleep at night? They should suffer the same torture as they put these innocent animals through. And their children should be taken away from them since anyone who can knowingly starve an animal to death cannot be trusted with a young human life.
 
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That's awful stuff, it just shows how important image is to these people. Sell the Hummer? No thanks. Lock fluffy in the closet? Sounds like a plan.
 
<p>Or, calling the local ASPCA or pound.</p>

<p>They put people in jail for accidentally leaving thier children in cars right? How about leaving your pet to die in your foreclosed house? Isn't this worse?</p>

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See California State Law 597 & 597.1:


http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=pen&group=00001-01000&file=594-625c





If I'm reading this correctly, it says abandoning your pet without proper care is only subject to a misdemeanor? I think in case where the animal is intentionally locked in a closet to be starved to death, the owner deserves a felony!








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Hidden victims of mortgage crisis: Pets

Owners abandoning their dogs and cats after foreclosure



<p>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22900994/</p>
 
Losing a Best Friend Along With the House

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040803370.html?hpid=artslot&sub=AR



"We get give-ups all the time, but typically it's someone with allergies or a young animal with behavior issues," said Kathy Dillon, the facility's operations coordinator. "Now every week we're seeing whole families come in to say good-bye to a longtime pet because they have to move. We've had a lot of children in tears."
 
<em>Outside Pueblo, Colorado, 101 rescued horses graze on 850 acres at Dreamcatchers Equine Sanctuary, and more are on the way. "It's a very scary situation right now," explains manager Julie DeMuesy. "Everybody's stressed to the max. It exploded for us at the end of 2007." Some horses are coming from people who have had their mortgages foreclosed, and can't afford to feed their steeds.</em>



<a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809950,00.html?cnn=yes">Horses being abandoned because of the economy</a>
 
This is horrible. The ASPCA needs to be involved. Who in their right mind would leave a family pet to starve to death because they may have overextended themselves... Just horrible.
 
<em>BLACKWOOD, N.J. - A <strong>44-pound cat</strong> found lumbering around New Jersey was abandoned by a woman who said her home was foreclosed, an animal shelter official said Thursday. </em>



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OC Register

Cat?s meow: About three of every four don?t leave shelter alive



<A href="http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/13/nearly-three-of-every-four-cats-dont-leave-shelter-alive/9652/">http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/13/nearly-three-of-every-four-cats-dont-leave-shelter-alive/9652/</A>
 
As someone who frequently rescues animals from the streets, this really bothers me. At least if they leave the poor animal in the yard, the neighbors will quickly figure things out and either call animal control or provide food for the pet. We call ourselves civilized, yet I'm constantly amazed by what we do to these innocent creatures. And to each other, for that matter.
 
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