Shelters filling up as Gulf pet owners struggle

VIOLET, La. — In shelters across southern Louisiana are unnoticed victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill — abandoned animals.

The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says several parishes began reporting an increase in abandonments immediately after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig…

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