Holiday Pet Dumping.

[Catherine]

Most shelters and rescue groups are aware of this. When it comes time for the holidays, people want to travel or they want to entertain. So they dump the family pet at a shelter(or worse). It would be cheaper to get a new one later than to pay for proper care for the pet. But doesn't the love and loyalty of the pet mean anything to them.

This is the worst kind of pet ownership. Some people do it over and over again.
Clearly they do not care about their pet. How could they care and then just dump the animal.


http://news.google.ca/news/url?sr=1&ct2=...t=2&at=dt0

Years ago I boarded a pair of hamsters for someone I knew. I wasn't even charging them. They didn't come back. After a month I finally called them. They had bought a puppy while on holiday and didn't need the hamsters any more. I ended up keeping them. What else could I do, but keep them.  I lost all respect for those people. What kind of lesson was that for their children.