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Guest Post: Foreclosures Threaten Pets As Well As People

4 The Love Of Animals

The culprit for this surge in animal homelessness is a testimonial to these trying times: human homelessness. And limited public funding means that shelters have to rely on public donations to bear the brunt of rising costs for care and housing of these animals. And this all leads to the most unfortunate outcome, euthanasia.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. Iā€™d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines ā€” the unlucky victims of cruel people ā€” to trust humans again.

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