Pet Health Insurance

Pet health insurance was a much talked about topic in the pet world especially after the world trade towers attack. Pet health insurance would have been a great help to the animals that became orphaned as a result of the attack. On the bright side after the attacks and for all pets regardless of whether they had pet health insurance or not there was a great effort made by animal rescue groups and the everyday New Yorkers. The fact is that on any given day in New York City, about 200 lost or homeless animals mostly dogs and cats arrive at shelters. One facility in Manhattan, one of the largest shelters in the country, takes in about 60,000 animals a year. So there is always a desperate need for families or individuals willing to adopt. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, though, there had been fears that not only would pets be stuck in empty apartments in evacuated areas, but also that the victims of the blast might leave behind large numbers of "orphaned" animals. As a result, animal-welfare groups such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in New York and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were flooded with calls from volunteers eager to take in needy pets. To their credit animal advocates in the city mobilized quickly after the attack on the World Trade Center to try to remove animals trapped in evacuated apartments. The ASPCA began working with city authorities to allow downtown residents to get through security barricades and into their apartments to rescue their pets. The group brought more than 200 pets out of the empty buildings and almost all have since been happily reunited with their owners.