Originally posted by bonbonandco:
Respectfully, I admire your love of animals and share it. I am the hu-mom to 6 Bichon Frises, the breed of dog of Ginger's dog, Jack.
They are my children.
It has been my experience that once the Humane Society removes animals from a situation such as this, they take good care of the animals which can be saved. If you are still concerned, call the Greenville, SC animal shelter and ask about the animals removed from the house.
It has been my experience that the shelters usually do not give out info on the animals until they are ready for adoption... and some may have had illnesses and not survived. Also, since these animals were shown on a nationally televised cable station and the house was known to be in Greenville, SC, I bet that the Greenville area Humane Society shelter was deluged with calls and inquiries about the animals. Chances are, those particular animals benefitted from their TV appearance.
The truth is that this is not " The Animal Planet" and the focus was on the real estate property, not the fate of the abandoned animals after they were turned over to people trained to care for them and restore them to health.
However, I can say that they did not go over 3 days without sustenence, as it appeared to me that the animals were able to walk out of the apartment. There is a rule which is generally true about small animal survival: Death occurs within 3 minutes without oxygen, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.
I hope that you can see the GOOD in " The Real Deal" in the future.. I also hope they don't show any more pets in distress or pests ( rodents, roaches) on the show. These types of things always push peoples' emotional buttons.
I also think it is counter-productive in general to the sale of a property to show rats running out of the walls, sick cats and dogs everywhere and roaches running across kitchen counters. I would forever be afraid that the infestation of rats or roaches would return if I bought the cleaned up property.
