As the economy falters, pets pay a heavy price. Sad...

A distressed pet owner told Potts she'd lost her home and business and could no longer afford to take care of her beloved dog. The Chattanooga woman then asked Potts' organization to take her 8-year-old Basset Hound.

The story is one her animal rescue group in Tennessee is encountering often during these tough economic times.

"It was heartbreaking to take the dog from her," says Potts, president of Bellyrubs Basset Rescue, a non-profit group that finds homes for Bassett Hounds.

"This was a middle class woman who lived in a nice part of Chattanooga. She and her husband owned a restaurant and had taken out a second mortgage to start the business. The business failed and they lost everything." More...

See also:

1. Vivisection: do animals have to be tortured, mutilated and murdered for our well-being?
2. Japan and the dolphin massacre...
3. PETA's dirty little secret. Well, well...
4. Saudi religious police ban pet cats and dogs!!!
5. WTF! Pets being abandoned for stupid reasons...