Marbles, a formerly neglected cat who was later adopted.
Credit: Terri Rimmer | ©Terri Rimmer
Because of the recent financial crisis, the MSPCA-Angell Animal Shelter in Boston, Mass. has had a 48 percent increase in animals surrendered to them because their owners cannot afford them any more.
"We now have more animals to house and feed than ever," stated a press release from the organization (mspca.org). "Our adoption centers are overflowing with animals."
The epidemic of animal dumping has caused the facility to be bursting at the seams.
Eighty-nine cents from every dollar donated to the shelter goes to providing direct hands-on care to the animals at the MPSCA.
To make a donation, visit https://secure2.convio.net/mspca/site/Donation2?idb=1665540940&df_id=6160&6160.donation=form1.
No matter the state, animals are not immune to being forced out of their home due to record foreclosures, lost jobs, and families having to cut corners to make unfathomable decisions leaving their four-legged best friend to possibly be adopted by another family. Pets have been found in numerous abandoned houses, according to research.
Often you can't tell if some animals roaming the streets belong to someone or not these days.
Like a cat that was recently found by a real estate agent in Texas off the highway as she was taking her dogs to the vet.
"On the way to the vet's office, I go up Highway I35W and where it connects to Loop 820 I go east to Arlington to Bowen Rd to Arkansas Lane Animal Clinic," explains Debbie. "Just as one passes Alta Mesa, there is an on ramp which becomes the same off ramp for cars going west to Abilene. To the east it is a twenty-foot tall concrete wall and to the east of that is four lanes of freeway and another concrete wall retainer separating south and north moving traffic."
As Debbie passed Alta Mesa she saw a cat frantically trying to keep from being killed as it ran from left to right across the four lanes.
"We now have more animals to house and feed than ever," stated a press release from the organization (mspca.org). "Our adoption centers are overflowing with animals."
The epidemic of animal dumping has caused the facility to be bursting at the seams.
Eighty-nine cents from every dollar donated to the shelter goes to providing direct hands-on care to the animals at the MPSCA.
To make a donation, visit https://secure2.convio.net/mspca/site/Donation2?idb=1665540940&df_id=6160&6160.donation=form1.
No matter the state, animals are not immune to being forced out of their home due to record foreclosures, lost jobs, and families having to cut corners to make unfathomable decisions leaving their four-legged best friend to possibly be adopted by another family. Pets have been found in numerous abandoned houses, according to research.
Often you can't tell if some animals roaming the streets belong to someone or not these days.
Like a cat that was recently found by a real estate agent in Texas off the highway as she was taking her dogs to the vet.
"On the way to the vet's office, I go up Highway I35W and where it connects to Loop 820 I go east to Arlington to Bowen Rd to Arkansas Lane Animal Clinic," explains Debbie. "Just as one passes Alta Mesa, there is an on ramp which becomes the same off ramp for cars going west to Abilene. To the east it is a twenty-foot tall concrete wall and to the east of that is four lanes of freeway and another concrete wall retainer separating south and north moving traffic."
As Debbie passed Alta Mesa she saw a cat frantically trying to keep from being killed as it ran from left to right across the four lanes.
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