{"id":402804,"date":"2010-03-08T08:58:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foreclosuredeals.com\/wp\/?p=5205"},"modified":"2010-03-08T08:58:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T13:58:48","slug":"foreclosure-pets-in-california-receive-care-from-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/402804","title":{"rendered":"Foreclosure Pets in California Receive Care from Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Foreclosure pets<\/a> in Mendocino, Bakersfield and other California cities are receiving care from volunteers within California and other states like Oregon and Washington.<\/p>\n

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With California having the highest number of foreclosure homes<\/a> among states, the number of pets abandoned in these foreclosed houses is also high in number.<\/p>\n

Animal shelters<\/a> and rescues in California have not been able to cope with the overwhelming number of abandoned animals, so they have to resort to euthanasia even for animals that are adoptable. In addition to the increased numbers of abandoned pets, the recession has also dried up the well of donors and volunteers that have been supporting these rescues and shelters, exacerbating the problem of reduced funding from local governments.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, there are still a lot of volunteers and donors trying their best to respond to the needs of these abandoned animals.<\/p>\n

In Mendocino, ranch caretaker Tim Jones who took in a number of abandoned animals about 5 years ago took in foreclosure pets when the recession worsened, as homeowners had to leave their pets when they are not sure where to go.<\/p>\n

Normal deVall, former county supervisor of Mendocino, volunteered to help care for the animals as it grew to around 145. When the ranch was foreclosed and had to be cleared for the new buyer, Bliss Fisher, county animal control officer of Mendocino, had to find a way to put the animals into the right pet owners.<\/p>\n

His decision to advertise the animals online was a hit. In three days, most of the animals were taken, with the six llamas and six dozen chickens generating the most inquiries.<\/p>\n

Fisher said he also screened the buyers, making sure the animals are taken by people who really love animals and know how to care for them. David Canterman, the new owner of the ranch, said he can wait as the county look for new pet owners.<\/p>\n

In Kern County, the Bakersfield Pet Food Pantry has been giving free pet food to pet owners who can no longer afford to buy pet food because of the recession. Helping owners feed their pets is another way to control the overwhelming number of animals being given to the Kern County Animal Control center.<\/p>\n

In 2009 alone, a total of 600 cats and 2,061 dogs were given up by owners and rescuers to the county shelter. Other area shelters like the ALPA Canine Sanctuary also received record numbers of foreclosure pets last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foreclosure pets in Mendocino, Bakersfield and other California cities are receiving care from volunteers within California and other states like Oregon and Washington. With California having the highest number of foreclosure homes among states, the number of pets abandoned in these foreclosed houses is also high in number. Animal shelters and rescues in California have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4092,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4092"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}