Abandoned Animals Feeling Foreclosure Fallout

In a recent online story, BusinessWeek Online reports:

• "The mortgage mess is getting even messier. Literally. Malnourished and flea-ridden animals, feces-covered floors and urine-soaked furniture, piles of rotting garbage, swarms of diseased mosquitoes—these are the horrors that may await the ill-fated sheriff, property inspector, Realtor, or passerby making that first visit to a deserted home."

For more, see Foreclosure's Filthy Aftermath (As foreclosures become more frequent, so do the bizarre and shocking stories of abandoned animals, insect infestations, and deplorable living conditions).

Go here for a BusinessWeek slide show of what people leave behind after they lose their homes to foreclosure.

For one story about 23 animals being found in a foreclosed home during eviction proceedings, see Animals taken from Lake Carmel home recovering.

Go here for more on pets and foreclosures.