Two Cats Abandoned in Foreclosed Home.

An article written in the Examiner today (Jan 29), reported two cats, approximately 8 months old, a male and a female, were found abandoned in a foreclosed home on the 300 block of Bloomfield Road in Warminster.

A search warrant had been issued to gain access to the house, and upon entering the home, the police found the two young cats had survived with no food or water for more than a month. The two young cats survival instincts forced them to eat trash.

The owners of the home, Enoch and Anna White, whereabouts unknown, are being cited with two counts of animal cruelty and a summary charge.

Both cats appear to be healthy, but are extremely thin. Authorities took the cats to the Bucks County SPCA where they will be evaluated by a vet, spayed and neutered and later, put up for adoption once the SPCA obtains legal custody.

Articles in the media are increasing about abandoned pets left to die in empty houses that are in foreclosure. There are people who feel an animal is disposable, property they can do with what they want. It really doesn’t matter to them. It is just an animal.

Sometimes the argument for leaving an animal behind is that the apartment the owners are moving to doesn’t take pets. If you truly love your animal, then keep looking until you find one that does. Some apartment dwellers have left them locked in the apartment, thinking that the property owner will discover them quickly.  Sometimes it is days or weeks, before the owner accesses the apartment. Then it is too late. The animal has died from starvation or loneliness. By locking that door and walking away, you are abandoning an animal that has been a part of your family.

Do you live next to a foreclosed house, apartment dwellers moved; please try to determine if there is an animal involved. Call the authorities or the apartment manager, if you assume a pet has been left behind.

Give the pet a chance for survival. Run an ad in your local paper seeking to find a good home for your pet. Put flyers up in local supermarkets, pet stores and your vet’s office.  Call Rescue groups to gather information as to the options you may have in rehoming your pet.  Ask your friends, family and neighbors if they would be willing to adopt your pet into their home. Please show you care, find a home before abandoning your pet.

Pets can live a long time. It is a commitment.

18-Section 5511 Pennsylvania Anti-Cruelty Law-Subtitle 

(c) Cruelty to animals.--a person commits a summary offense if he wantonly or cruelly ill-treats, overloads, beats, otherwise abuses any animal, or neglects any animal as to which he has a duty of care, whether belonging to himself or otherwise, or abandons any animal, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance, drink, shelter or veterinary care, or access to clean and sanitary shelter which will protect the animal against inclement weather and preserve the animal's body heat and keep it dry.