MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- Furry signs of a down-trending economy peer dolefully from every kennel at the Broward County Humane Society shelter in Florida and hundreds of others across the country.
Bentley, a 3-year-old Lhasa apso, was given up by his owners because they just couldn't afford to keep him any more.
Tinkerbell, a sweet, docile house cat, was surrendered by her owners after they found out that they had lost their home.
With foreclosures disrupting life, from the family house down to the dog house, and as Americans toil through a tough economic landscape, some of their pets face an even bleaker future in the pound.
"People lose their homes and have to move to apartments that don't accept pets, so they give them up," says Cheryl McAuliffe, a spokeswoman for the Georgia State Humane Society.
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