Marianne Gasbarra, shelter manager at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, with Shadow, whose owner lost her apartment to foreclosure.
(Globe Staff Photo / John Tlumacki)
Pets, too, losing homes to recession
Owners surrender or abandon animals
Marianne Gasbarra, shelter manager at the Animal Rescue League of Boston, with Shadow, whose owner lost her apartment to foreclosure.
(Globe Staff Photo / John Tlumacki)
Count two barking dogs - a Jack Russell terrier named Shadow and a rat terrier named Precious - among the not-so-quiet victims of the recession. After six years of living together in a Dorchester apartment, they were surrendered to the Animal Rescue League of Boston last month after the woman who owned them lost her home to foreclosure. Now they ... (Full article: 900 words)
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