Saturday, August 02, 2008

"The Today Show" On Foreclosure Pets

NBC's Today Show reported a story last week on foreclosure pets, those animals that lose their homes as a result of the foreclosure problems of their owners. A few highlights:

  • And in Evansville, Ind., the Vanderburgh County Humane Society has literally run out of room. “Unfortunately, when we run out of cages, a lot of times we don’t have any other option but to euthanize, so it’s just a really hard time for us,” said Miranda Russell, spokeswoman for the agency.

  • The story is the same at the Metro Animal Control shelter in Nashville, Tenn., which is so overcrowded that it is euthanizing 30 to 50 animals every day, six days a week. “It’s something we were expecting — above capacity because of foreclosures,” Animal Control Officer Billy Briggs said.

For more, see Foreclosures close the door on family pets (Shelters are seeing more strays as families abandon homes, cut costs).

For other posts on foreclosure pets, go here, go here, and go here. ForeclosurePetsAlpha