Oil Spill Hardships Force Owners To Leave Their Pets In Shelters
June 14th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 14, 2010 (Pen Men at Work: The oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico has been having far reaching effects. The latest news is how the oil spillage affected the pets prompting the pet owners to leave them in pet shelters all across Louisiana. The hardship of pet shelters is not confined to the lone state either. The effect has affected Florida as well.
Most of the pet owners are now concerned about the ways to make ends meet. The fishermen have been hit badly and are at their wit’s end trying to etch out a living for themselves and their families. Most of them have no other choice except to give up their pets under the circumstances.
While the pet shelters do not have oil on them, the pets are none too well off either. More than 40 pets are reportedly packed into the confines of a small shelter which cannot be termed as ideal by any stretch of imagination. The queue of pet owners waiting to place their pets into the shelters are going longer by the day as the BP oil spillage fall out shows no signs of abating.
The shelters are trying to cope as best as they can and donation of pet foods are being arranged by the local parish as well. More than three dozens of pets have also been taken in by the Plaquemines Animal Welfare Society. There have also been reports coming in of owners abandoning their pets in a hope to survive. A person had reportedly tied three of his dogs to a post after leaving behind a note which stated that he was unable to care for them.
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