by Marge Bish, Broker/Owner

You’ve done a good deed, gone to the local shelter and adopted a pet for your kids. They love the dog or cat and in spite of promises to take care of it most of it has been left to Mom or Dad and you’ve become very attached to.

Things aren’t going well at the company and your job ends with no new one in sight. Bills pile up and the budget is tight. Next thing you know you are facing foreclosure with the only possibility may be living with a family member for a while until you get back on your feet.

Moving day looms. The kids are crying as you pack up to leave and the last thing you are thinking about is the dog or cat. You know that you can’t take it with you, but you just can’t’ stand to take it back to a shelter where it came from.

Wait-the neighbors all know our pets-maybe they will adopt them- or maybe not. You just leave them. They are alone, no food, no warm bed or a too hot-area to sleep with no shelter.

It’s a sad but true fact that foreclosure crises affect thousands of pets each year. There are some options for you and for you pets, however.

1. Ask your friends and neighbors if they are willing to adopt your animal.
2. Contact a breed-specific organization if you have a pet that qualifies.
3. If you do not know who to contact, call the county animal control shelter where you live. They have contacts with all breed specific groups and some that are not breed-specific and operate no kill shelters. In Wake County, you may contact Nancy Clemmons, who is the Wake County Community Outreach Coordinator at 919.250.4474. Also feel free to visit and/or contact the Wake County Animal Care, Control & Adoption Center.

If all else fails, PLEASE, PLEASE turn in your pet to the shelter. Do not leave them on their own to deal with death by vehicles, starvation, attack by other animals, sickness or misuse by unscrupulous people.

No one wants to think of a pet being euthanized, but isn’t it better for them not to suffer a worse death on the street?

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