Foreclosures force families to leave pets
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The home foreclosure crisis has affected The Humane Society of Ventura County shelter in Ojai. Families losing their homes and moving into rental properties must leave their pets behind and are turning to the Humane Society Shelter to take dogs and ...
Foster families give pets new lease on life
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Home foreclosures and broader economic woes have led to a higher-than-normal number of pets being dropped off at Valley shelters, according to officials with the Arizona Animal Welfare League, a non-profit organization that runs the state's largest no-kill shelter. Paige Krakoski's ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »Dogs tied to trees. Lizards in a child's room. Turtles in garages. All heart-wrenching victims of California's mortgage meltdown as homeowners abandon their pets, sometimes left behind locked doors as the foreclosure sign goes up. The measure provides bank employees with ...
Foreclosures make Arizona families give up pets
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »The pooch was rescued as a pup from the streets seven years ago and has lived snugly in the Strohmeyers' southwest side home ever since. That home went into foreclosure proceedings two weeks ago. The family has less than three months ...
Foreclosures taking toll on pets
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »When a homeowner has to leave his home because of foreclosure, often his pet is left behind. Now services are emerging to help pets navigate the mortgage-crisis fallout. Houston-based No Paws Left Behind offers a database of shelters financially distressed homeowners can ...
Record foreclosures strain social services
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 Posted in Pet Pictures | No Comments »From pet rescue centers and financial counselors to homeless shelters and food banks, social service providers are feeling the weight of the U.S. foreclosure crisis on a daily basis. In Palatka, Fla., Mike's Dog House pet shelter turns away each week ...
Economic downturn hurts pets
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »Diana Bardsley wiped tears from her eyes as she recalled taking food off her plate to feed her beloved spaniel Hunter and two Siamese cats. Her greatest fear: that she could be forced to surrender the animals as she struggled to ...
Video Report - Pets being abandoned by cash-strapped owners
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Pets Guide | No Comments »Uncertain economic times mean animal shelters across the country are more crowded than ever, and in Kingsport the number of pets being taken to the shelter is on the rise. “Here in the past five months we have noticed our population ...
Foreclosure Pets Program Selects First 10 Shelters
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Pet Supply | No Comments »An increase in the number of surrendered or abandoned pet cats and dogs as a result of nationwide home foreclosures has spilled over into animal shelters, and new requests for the Foreclosure Pets Grant Program keep rolling in. The program, launched ...
Abandoned Pets Overcrowding Animal Shelters
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in Pet Games | No Comments »The slump in the housing market and subsequent rise in foreclosures are causing animal shelters to be overcrowded. According to Metro Animal Control, the number of abandoned animals is growing. They said they are typically seeing more dogs left chained up or ...
