The numbers may be exaccterated but times are really bad in California. People are losing their homes and have abandoned many animals in shelters. Our rescues out here are overwhelmed as well as the shelters and people are trying to make a buck on selling puppies and kittens. It is really sad. I have several friends that travel and regularly come home with animal that are running the streets. And they are purebreds and mixes. People are leaving them behind chained up in their backyards. Someone found a young dog chained in the backyard of an abandoned house and was left there during our 7 days of rain. I hear what you are saying but those that need to wake up have to hear it at its worst. |