One lesser known victim of recent home foreclosures is the family pet. Shelters have seen an increase in pet surrenders due to families moving into apartments that prohibit animals. Worse yet, some pet owners are just leaving their pets behind with the house or turning them loose in rural areas. Even in a trying time, it is possible to keep the entire family together. Pet-owners finding themselves moving out of their homes and into apartments can use Pets911.com to find apartments in their neighborhood that accept pets.
Pets 911 is the national pet lost and found database and one of the top pet adoption portals. Its Pet Friendly Living section, in partnership with Apartments.com, provides a database of thousands of pet-friendly rental communities from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
An Apartments.com survey to current renters indicated that more than 84 percent own a pet and more than 34 percent stated that it was very difficult to find an apartment that allowed their pet. Because of this, one of the top reasons pets are surrendered to shelters is due to owner relocation.
"Financial situations may make it logical for people to rent instead of own, but pets shouldn't suffer," said Pets 911 Program Manager Tracyann Mains. "Pets 911 wants to make it as easy as possible for movers to bring along pets to their next apartment."
Source: Pets 911 MySpace Page
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1 comment:
Hey Terrah,
Great article. It's good to hear more about this sad and mostly neglected side effect of nationwide foreclosures; the issue definitely needs more exposure.
I will plan to post a blog and trackback to your post this week.
I write about apartments and renting over at www.mynewplace.com/blog.
Our Apartment Search allows renters to search for apartments that allow both cats and/or dogs.
Thanks!
Matt D
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