Left Behind . . . . Pets and Foreclosures. Like This Stray Cat.
July 13th, 2009 . by Jon Modene
There are 74.8 million dogs and
88.3 million cats in the US.
Many people who have lost their homes have taken
their animals to shelters, or the less responsible ones let them lose, locked
them up in the backyard when they move away.
People are to blame, not the
animals.
I know – the economy is in the tank.
I know – people are cutting back and cutting costs.
And some are even walking away from houses. In the City and in the Township.
But don’t hurt your animals!
Sometimes THEY, the little innocent dogs and cats, get foreclosed too.
Some resources:
Toledo Humane Society.
http://www.toledohumanesociety.com/tahs/
Maumee Valley Save a Pet.
http://www.maumeevalleysaveapet.org/
Paws and Whiskers Cat Shelter
http://pawsandwhiskers.org/
Toledo Animal Shelter
http://toledoanimalshelter.com/
Wood County Animal Shelter
http://www.woodcountyhumanesociety.org/
These shelters are immune from the economy with more than enough space, money, and food.
RIGHT.
They are hurting too – and the pets they help are in more danger than ever.
You can help by adopting a stray (and by spaying and neutering your own pets).
One of RE/MAX Master’s REO/foreclosure listings recently generated this benefit: a cute, nice, starving cat. Renamed Hobbs by my daughter Hannah (I think Reo is a better name). He was alone. Starving. And desperate for someone to love.
Shots and neutering were extra. But we now have a great barn/outside cat.
Somehow, and most amazingly, he has even won over Mr. Buster, our Maltepoo and the Jon Modene Team Mascot (he even has his own business cards!). They are now friends.
Maybe some good will come out of the REO crisis . . .
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