Wanted to pass this information on to you.
I know have been posting this,but now it has become a crisis for these animals.
Please just read the letter and think about it.
Saw this in the paper this morning.
Have known that this is a big problem.




A s your article "Pets feel the pain" (Sunday Monitor front page, Jan. 4) points out, many Americans are feeling the pain of losing their homes due to the recession and foreclosure crisis, and their cats and dogs are, too. But before there was an economic crisis, the companion animal overpopulation crisis (which still rages) left 6 to 8 million cats and dogs homeless in animal shelters year after year. Half of these animals are euthanized for lack of homes.

Times are tough and money is tight, but it's more crucial than ever for dog and cat guardians to help keep animals out of shelters and off the streets, by spaying and neutering.

Low-cost spay/neuter services make it affordable for everyone to do the right thing. Call 800-248-SPAY for the nearest low-cost clinics.

If you have no choice but to part with your animals, please bring them to a well-run open-admission shelter where they will be cared for and have a chance at finding new homes. Abandoning animals or handing them over to uncertain fates with strangers are virtual death sentences for the animals who depend on us for survival.

For more ways to make a difference for animals in these difficult times, visit HelpingAnimals.com.

LINDSAY POLLARD-POST

Norfolk, Va.

(The writer is a staffer for People