I agree with the other lady, things happen and you can't afford to get a animal to a vet because they charge so much and nobody will help you! I do understand why people abandon their pets not all of them are bad people they just need a low cost vet to care more about animals then they care about money. I was going to abandon mine because I could not rehome her and I could not get vet help ( west valley) not because I don't care about her! There needs to be some low cost vet service that cares more about animals than they do about money and maybe we wouldn't have so many pets abandoned! Some people can't afford their own medical, so you say don't have a pet well that is a option but I would think there would be more animals that needed homes.