Homeowners still being forced to give up pets

A story out of Wisconsin tells of more and more animals being surrendered to shelters because their owners are losing their homes.

The whole article from the Baraboo News Republic can be read here.

The Sauk County Humane Society has 60 more cats this year than at the same time last year. They are up to over 100 right now.

As a result of the high number of surrenders, the Sauk County Humane Society is now offering adult cats for $10 to adopters. All cats have their required vaccinations, and a litter box, scooper and bag of food is included with an adoption.

Humane Societies in other locations also have resorted to such unconventional promotions in an effort to get cats new homes. In Boise, Idaho, for example, about 200 cats were recently offered with their adoption fees waived in order to relieve the shelter from an influx of cats because of hard economic times.

I've been writing about this for a while now. When is it going to get better?