Sacramento Foreclosures Affect Pets

Here's a side to the Sacramento real estate market that has been largely ignored - the pets of foreclosed homes. According to a recent article in the Sacramento Bee, a large number of homeowners leave their pets behind either tied to a tree or just stuffed in closets when they leave a foreclosed home.

If you're facing foreclosure and cannot afford to take your pets with you, at least consider adopting them out. You can go to the Sacramento Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on Florin-Perkins Road and surrender them for $30. Website is here.

If you know you won't be able to take your pets with you (and honestly foreclosures take months) advertise them as adoptable. Here are some tips on how to do so and here are some more.