Deep in the heart

A Texas couple is tackling the issue of older pets who end up for adoption because their equally older owners have passed on or are no longer able to take care of them.

T.J. de Boer and Susan Cronin have started Tails End Inc., an organization that rescues older pets and educates baby boomer animal lovers about why they should include their older pets in wills or trusts.

Here's the complete story from the Midland (Texas) Reporter-Telegram.

If owners specify their animals should be given to Tails End in the event they no longer can care for them, staffers will pick up the pet immediately, take it to a veterinarian for any necessary care or vaccinations and then keep it in their own home until it can be adopted.

Staff also go to animal shelters weekly looking for older pets to rescue in hopes of catching the many aging animals that weren't provided for by their previous owners.

Good luck to them.