Is Your Pet a Voiceless Victim of the Tanking Economy?


	Is Your Pet a Voiceless Victim of the Tanking Economy?
murieleileen
8-20-2009 4:19 AM
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animals, pets, economy, animal shelters, dogs, cats
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8-20-2009 2:53 PM
shaor
Not my dog, she comes first even though she does nag
8-20-2009 2:59 PM
michellezm
Mine neither. I'd starve before my pets did.
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</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/08/20/are-our-pets-in-need-of-a-bailout.aspx">ASPCA officials estimate that 500,000 to 1 million cats and dogs in the country could be given up by their owners for economic reasons.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/08/20/are-our-pets-in-need-of-a-bailout.aspx">"Economic issues aside, it is estimated that 5 million companion animals enter shelters each year," Zawistowski adds. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.peta.org/">People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)</A> </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.greenpeople.org/animalrights.htm">Animal Rights and Animal Protection Organizations</A>(listed by state) </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/08/20/are-our-pets-in-need-of-a-bailout.aspx">The Animal Res</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2009/08/20/are-our-pets-in-need-of-a-bailout.aspx">Prog</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E4F53A9F-2B47-4F7C-9453-1E1528C815BD/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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