While reading the various neighbourhood blogs, for Rogers Park and Edgewater, I have noticed an increase in posts concerning residents finding pets wandering around the community. One post described a homeowner seeing a cat outside, in their window and giving the feline a can of food which it promptly wolfed down (an indication the cat had not eaten for a while). Several other posts notify readers of lost dogs being found.
Are these just coincidences of pets lost and hungry, not just for food, but for affection? Or are people releasing their animals due to the poor economy? Nothing would make me happier than to be proven wrong. And it would sadden me, greatly, if the latter scenario were the case. Any animal welcomed into a household learns to trust those who feed them and care for their overall well - being; and when I can imagine the animals' heartbreak when that trust is returned with abandonment that leaves them vulnerable to motorists, people with evil intentions and disease as a result of contact with other animals (both, domestic and wild).
Jackie
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