Another Thing to Look Out For
Today’s Detroit Free Press had another article about home forclosures. But it wasn’t the usual bad news about falling home values and saging home sales.
This article was about all the vacant homes with the family pets STILL in them. Yes it seems when you can’t pay the mortgage and have to move out of your home, you no longer have compassion for the other members of your family. The people just pack up, lock up and leave the pets behind to die. One pet was found running down the street chasing after the family that was leaving it behind.
How people can do this is beyond me. But what we need to do is be aware of what is occuring in your neighborhood. If the family down the street moves away and they leave a vacant house, and they used to have a pet—be on the lookout for signs the pet is still there. In fact it really wouldn’t hurt to go over and look in the windows just to make sure. If anyone asks, you can always say that you are interested in buying the house and wanted to take a look.
Now more than ever we need to be on the lookout for acts of cruelty. By being aware of what is going on around us, we can prevent needless suffering of innocent animals.
March 28th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I read that story too. Here’s the link:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008803280410
Following up, that is a good tip to have neighbors looking out for the possibility of abandoned pets.
What’s happening in some cases, according to similar news stories in recent months, is that foreclosed families are moving into housing situations that won’t take pets or will charge a hefty penalty if it’s even allowed:
http://www.blogsmonroe.com/budget/?p=779
Of all the rentals I’ve lived in over the years … only one of them allowed a pet.
March 29th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Yes I rented out a house once and even I wanted to approve a pet before it moved in. You never know if someone has a 120 pound monster who eats wood for breakfast as a pet. They can do so much damage! Even a puppy can destroy cabinets pretty quickly when left alone for a few hours. That happened to me with my first puppy and it was a good thing it was MY house instead of my landlords.