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Every time I've ever gone to an animal shelter, as I walk in the beautiful entrance I always think that I'd like to volunteer some times there each week.

Then I get to the cages, and it seems the further the cage is from the front entrance, the more deplorable the conditions. 

Thus I resign myself to getting my pets from the animal shelter but sending them a small donation each month, or taking them some old towels, instead of volunteering.

Chula Vista, one of our South Bay cities, has been in the news lately because of deplorable conditions at the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility. Today it's being reported that the veterinarian who reviewed operations at the Facility and brought the conditions to the public, was fired yesterday. Hmmmmmm. The Facility is saying that it's just a coincidence, that her contract expired last December and that she's just been on a week-to-week basis, but yesterday she was also featured in the newspaper along with the story.

Perhaps too much publicity for the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility?

I understand Chula Vista having budget problems. Virtually every city in San Diego County is, but mistreating animals is not the way to deal with the problem. Let's hope that the Facility and the City can get things in order for our fine furry friends down there.

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8 Comments on Pets always seem to be the first to suffer in a bad economy

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Jim -- this is so awful!  I adopted my cat from Kitty Angels 7 years ago -- she had been abandoned in a box with her 6 kittens and left at one of the exits to the freeway!  I would have taken in the whole family if it had not been for my allergies.  I continue to contribute to Kitty Angels and I just wish there were more funds to help.
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Thank you for this message. Our dog is like our child and it breaks my heart to see how disposable some pets are to people. Great post Jim.
10:58pm • #2
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After our family tragedy earlier this month we decided with all the foreclosures and families having to give up their family pets because the places they are moving won't allow them that this is where we were going to go.

Todd Clark, Helping Families Home - www.IFoundYourNewHome.com
2:29am • #3

Aloha Jim:  Hope all of you are doing well and wintering the seasons as well as the economy as best you can.

No you did not read the title line wrong! By asking if there are any animal activists in real estate I meant just that. I am seeking any of you who consider yourselves animal activists to ban together, unite so to speak even if working separatey, yet all for the same great cause.

 

You may already know i offer all of my clients a FREE PET PLEDGE. By this I donate the costs of up to 2 pet adoption fees at any animal sanctuary, humane society or organization of their choice. Just as long as they meet all of the necessary requirements.  There is no time limit on this in case they buy into a condo that does not allow pets and eventually purchase one that does. What better heartfelt house warming gift than a warm and furry house pet? Everyone wins because everyone gets a new home!

My main goal is to find homes for homeless animals. We find homes for people and their families as a profession so what not do likewise for homeless animals.  Many are homeless due to foreclosures in our business where families leave their homes and have to rent an apartment that may not allow family pets. Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina are other examples and even there in NO many families still have not gotten their home back due to who knows why.

Oddly we can find monies for political campaigning and Super Bowls yet at the price of so many loosing their homes. Imagine talking with those children 10 to 15 years from now and see what type of society evolves??

 

Anyways if any of you have an interest in being more pro active in finding homes for homeless pets please email me directly:  dennislubrano@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you and also seeing what you have to post here. I'd like to get an animal activist network of RE/MAX agents going if any of you would like to be part of it?  Please notify me. I have also posted to RE/MAX Mainstreet message boards, and might note was the first to post for CA-HI RE/MAX.  Why is it that hardly anyone uses this valuable tool we all pay for? Look how many posts here in AR, yet we have one handed to us and no one uses it? 

 

BTW do any of you use your pets in any of your marketing? I have the niche of being a PET FRIENDLY (RA) ABR. Please share with me how you utilize any of your pets in your business and marketing campaigns or even just bring them into your office.

 

Take care.

 

Dennis Lubrano (RA) ABR

 

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8:07pm • #4

Jim, of course the animals are the first to suffer.  Its survival of the fittest.  I cant understand how that shelter was able to stay open.  There must be code enforcement or some government entity that inspects shelters there.  Chula Vista is a name I haven't heard in years.  I live in SD when my dad was stationed at Miramar.  BTW I know how you feel about not wanting to volunteer, but just maybe your presence might make a little bit of a differene for those animals.  A kind word, a treat, a stroke on the head, make a huge difference to the animals.
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Hi Jim - We hear stories of animal suffering far too often!  Matter of fact, we just rescued a puppy that has turned out to be a true treasure.  I don't know what we did before Clementine joined our family!  Thanks for your post.
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Hi Jim, it is so tragic for the families and the pets. I recently rescued a puppy after I heard the deplorable citings in Maricopa County here in Arizona.  Thousands weekly, are put to death.  The majority are cats and  pit bulls and pit bull mixes.   I have had two cats and one dog, but now, also this puppy.  Believe me, I was not looking for another dog, but I knew it's fate. and I melted.  We donate carpet cleaning services to foster homes that take in animals. If any of you out there know of a legimitate agency in Phoenix, Scottsdale we will donate a carpet cleaning to them or a foster home of their choice.
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Hey, Dennis.

I don't use my cat in my marketing, but I do use music since I am a pianist. I think I could use music or cats effectively. It's just that I was a Realtor for three years before I got a cat.
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