The Newest Victims Of Foreclosures

I know my two kitties are my family, my "babies" I could never think of just abandoning them if I had to move out of my place. Awww..give a hug to Twitch...uh, between sneezes..LOL. I know a lot of people allergic to cats, including pet rescuers but they would never think to give them up under any circumstance

Yes it's so easy to just find another place that does allow pets rather than to just abandon them--can't imagine what these types of people they are that do this

One common story you hear in my area is how people who no longer want pets take them in their cars to a strange neighborhood to dump them. So many think animals can "survive" on there own...how can they if they've been in a safe environment then just dumped somewhere to fend on their own like that?

I think the whole thing is so heartless, don't you? These are living breathing souls, how can people do this, just leave them like that?

Heartless. I just do not understand how people can have a pets for years, take care of it, love it and then leave? WTF? Would you do that to your kids? That is why that darn pedigree commercial gets me so upset.

Unfortunately I don't think anyone thinks that one day they might face a foreclosure. I don't know what it's like in your area but foreclosures are so commonplace here in this country nowadays to be ridiculous..people start out with good intentions trying to have a home, but things happen, like maybe one member of the family losing a job, so bingo, there goes one source of income. Did you know for instance in some cases here, one can buy a home that has been foreclosed for a mere $10,000 then pay only something like $199 a month? Crap if I had an extra $10,000 which when you think of it isn't that much money, I'D buy a home!

Holey Cow $10,000 for a home.
I do think you better buy lottery tickets Pye.
I am so glad we do not have a mortgage.
We own our home outright, never had a mortgage.
If we were paying mortgage payments there is no way we could survive.
If we were renting there is no way we would be able to eat.
The cheapest rents here for a 2 bedroom unit are about $300 a week.

Okay Goodie..I'm on my way to you....$300 a month for a two bedroom?? I live in a glorified studio apartment for $529 a month, and the only reason it's so cheap is cause I've lived here so long and it's under rent-control...on the market if I moved and someone else moved into it..it would be jacked up to about a $1,000--when is the next plane to australia...here I come...hehe

Heck Pye why pay rent.
You can live here, just chip in for a bit of food and electricity and away you go.
Do you need my broom also to carry some of your luggage.

Mmmm....just wondering what my two kitties would do with your chickens though...hehe

Oops I forgot about the Kitties.

Yes winterose, if one takes in a pet there is a commitment involved with that animal's life and one should never abandon it

This reminds me of how infuriated I was when I heard of all the pets that were abandoned during Katrina...I mean even in some kind of natural disaster like that I would just think of saving my life but the life of my pets as well

heard of all the pets that were abandoned during Katrina...I mean even in some kind of natural disaster like that I would just think of saving my life but the life of my pets as well

It hacked me off too. There was a show on Animal Planet a few months ago about the things people did to their pets. Chained to a front porch rail with half a bowl of food and plenty of nasty flood water to drink, these animals had signs around their neck "Please take Fluffy. We could not." Or "Two kitties inside in the closet Please save we couldn't take them"

Would you dare leave your kids beind? I know I wouldn't leave my kids behind in a storm if the shelter said no kids. We'd continue to find a shelter that did allow kids.

Same thing with pets. If the first shelter says no pets, keep looking for one that does. Plus plenty of people KNEW this was coming. It wasn't like a tornado or an earthquake. Evacuations began weeks before the storm hit and people STILL left their pets behind.

But see? You're a conscientious person...you gave your dog to a new loving home even though it broke your heart to do so, you at least didn't just abandon her and leave her behind like these people do

Yes faith I really do think people that just abandon their pets should be charged with animal cruelty

Yes I know...knowing a lot of pet rescuers I know for a fact that no pet rescuer wants to take in more pets, but at least someone is willing to do that rather than just abandon pets.

we paid off the mortgage on the house we live in, and have not had to do anything in that area for either miss pusser (late first cat) or now miss precious ( who we have adopted.)