I agree. I just wish there were more charitable (free) ways to
   either get the animals adopted or to humanely euthenize. Pay to
   live, pay to die. So someone who has 31 pets (which is a
   mistake) couldn't afford to pay $600 to have them adopted or put
   down if they already couldn't afford their mortgate
   (foreclosure). So, all in all, everybody lost because somebody
   got more house than they could afford, and more pets than they
   could take care of. Awful, awful. There's a little blame to
   throw around, but 80% does fall on the foreclosee. The other 20%
   is a lack of free resources for those who find themselves in
   that mess, due to mental illness or whatever reason people have
   20+ pets roaming around. "