Economy forces pet owners to abandon animals (Sonoma Index-Tribune)
DESIREE STINSON, executive director at Pets Lifeline, visits with some of the 130 cats and kittens currently at Pets Lifeline. The shelter has taken in a higher number of animals since the poor economy has forced many people to give up their pets.
Pets often left in the lurch (Reporter-Times)
Animals and pets are sometimes subject to consequences created by their owners that leave them abandoned or in the hands of municipalities. Whether their owner has been arrested or hospitalized, those animals wind up in the arms of the Morgan County Humane Society.
Disabled Pets Stranded In Florida (NBC 5 Chicago)
A Wisconsin couple traveling with their unique house pets in an RV, are stranded in Florida after their mobile home was destroyed by fire. Traveling with the animals is no simple feat.
