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Family pets suffering due to US subprime crisis

Fri 25 January 2008 14:45 UK — North America

The subprime crisis in the US is causing a growing number of people to abandon their pets.

As a result of the surge in foreclosures a number of homeowners are leaving their pets to fend for themselves.

According to news.com.au, foreclosure agents, neighbours and police officers are increasingly findings animals in abandoned homes.

Stephanie Shain, director of outreach for the Human Society of the United States, told the site that while some people are dumping their cats, dogs and other pets onto the street, others are taking the more extreme measure of locking the animals in cupboards inside their former homes.

She said: "We're finding too many animals who have starved to death. They will eat anything - furniture, or carpet or wallboard - to try to ingest something. It's a very fearful and frantic and panicked situation for that animal to be in.'

In addition, Angie Wood of the Naperville Area Humane Society told the Chicago tribune: "We're seeing people in bad financial situations who are moving to places where they can't have pets. There definitely has been an increase in the past six months to a year."

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