There are many
sad stories coming out of Detroit in the wake of its bankruptcy. Entire
neighborhoods abandoned, thousands without jobs, a city without services, it’s
a depressing and deserted place, a shadow of the the once great Motor City it
used to be. Today a
story in Bloomberg shines some light on a terrible side effect of Detroit’s
economic collapse that many are unaware of: a massive homeless dog population.
As human
residents of Detroit have suffered, so too have their canine companions. Nearly
50,000 stray dogs are roaming the city’s streets, abandoned
by their owners when they fled town or could no longer afford to care for them.
Innocent dogs left to fend for themselves on the streets of an empty city are
traveling in packs, some 20 strong, struggling to survive.
One Humane
Society official described the situation as “almost post-apocalyptic,” with
homeless dogs moving among the barren wasteland of Detroit looking for food and
shelter. To complicate the situation, the city’s animal shelters are bursting
at the seems, too full of animals, too understaffed to handle those they have
and in desperate need of operating funds…..To Read More….
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