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As a board member of our local Humane Society I know that many people have had to abandon their pets during these hard economic times. A good pet owner like yourself could make one of these dogs feel loved again. Please consider it.

I’m glad you posted this. I know someone who recently gave up her two cats to the Humane Society. She’s been unemployed since the beginning of the year and her home is close to going into foreclosure and her car repossessed. She’s been diligently looking for work but it’s been complicated not only because her financial situation but also due to her health problems.

Her cats were elderly and have their own health problems and she couldn’t afford to take them to the vet’s. One had kidney problems and when she was employed and making good money, I know she spent hundreds of dollars on vet care, medicines and special foods. She tried for months to find homes for them but had no success.

I know that recently she often went without in order to make sure her cats were fed. She told me that she’d rather go hungry herself than see her “friends” go without.

She really agonized over this but was left with no other option. She knows that there’s a good chance that the Humane Society will end up euthanizing them but she also knows that this is the more responsible option compared to abandoning them or letting them suffer. She did tell me that the volunteers at the Humane Society were very understanding and sympathetic – having seen this very thing happen a lot recently.

My heart goes out to her. If I could have possibly taken them in, I would have. ;(,

I can’t have any pets right now but when the day comes that I can, I will definitely adopt from a shelter.