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25 Mar 2020, 6:49 pm

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shelter-pets-finding-foster-homes-in-droves-during-covid-shutdowns/


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26 Mar 2020, 8:13 pm

We do need some good news!



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26 Mar 2020, 8:16 pm

What about all the pets people without jobs won't able to afford to feed? Seems to me shelters are going to start filling up much faster than adoptions can keep up with.



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26 Mar 2020, 8:34 pm

That’s why we have people being foster pet people. They’d take in those dogs, cats, etc. abandoned by unemployed folks.

Many unemployed folks will get $600 a week for 4 months under the CARES legislation.



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26 Mar 2020, 9:12 pm

That's a great idea. Those sweet peas need pods to go to.


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26 Mar 2020, 9:23 pm

I really hope those pets won't end up back where they came from because people found they didn't have time for them now that they were back at work.


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