Pets Are Dumb Victims Of Foreclosures
Friday, March 7th, 2008There is a raging debate going on amongst experts about who should be blamed for the foreclosure crisis – the lenders or the borrowers? Whatever the outcome of this controversy there is no doubt that one segment of those who inhabit this country are suffering – the pets. The pets had no part to play in this game of foreclosures, nothing to gain from it and yet they are suffering today and losing out for absolutely no fault of theirs.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has appealed to the people who have pets and are facing foreclosures. The first thing is to check with friends, relations and neighbours to see if anyone will provide temporary shelter. The pet should be checked regularly while the foreclosure matter is being sorted out. It is better to seek out a rented accommodation where pets will be allowed. Permission should be taken in writing. If both these fail and yet foreclosure looms large then the next best thing to do is to contact the local animal shelter well ahead as all these units can provide for only a limited number of animals. Keep ready the medical records and information about the behaviour of the pet ready. Despite worries about foreclosure time and energy must be given to these important details.
In extreme cases of cruelty the owners abandon the house together with the pets. Lately the animal shelters in New Hampshire and Main seacoast are seeing the effects of foreclosures on animals. It seems that the foreclosure related problem as regards pets is going to increase and not go away soon. A spokesperson of a society in Dover comments that since January this year the number of animals looking for adoption has gone up suddenly. At Salem it is the same story of dogs and cats being dropped off because of foreclosures. The development manager at Salem shelter Ray Denis has a sad story to tell. One family comprising of the parents and two children came with two cats one day and then with two dogs later. Following this they themselves went to a homeless shelter – all because of foreclosures.
The Animal Welfare Society in Kennebunk, Maine oversees 18 towns. The report from here is the same. Where the foreclosure numbers are low the number of abandoned animals are also low as in New Hampshire seacoast towns.
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