Expert Available: Helping Families and Animals in the Foreclosure Process

- (Business Wire) No Paws Left Behind, Inc.:

What:		According to recent statistics, 63 percent of all American households have pets. With foreclosures growing in record numbers, experts agree that around two to four million Americans will lose their homes before the crisis ends. That leaves more than 1.25 million companion animals at risk of abandonment.
		As borrowers face foreclosure, finding alternative housing for their pets is essential to eliminating unnecessary animal suffering. Making this process easy for borrowers to manage during a difficult time is critical to reducing the number of pets being left behind during the foreclosure process. No Paws Left Behind, www.nopawsleftbehind.org, provides borrowers, neighbors and field service representatives with a resource for locating alternative housing for abandoned pets.
Who:		Cheryl Lang is founder and president of Houston-based No Paws Left Behind, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to bringing awareness to and finding solutions for the growing phenomena of "foreclosure pets." Lang can provide expert commentary on:
		-- How widespread is the foreclosure pet problem?
		-- What steps should pet owners facing foreclosure take?
		-- What relocation options exist for distressed borrowers with pets in the foreclosure process?
		-- How can legislation be changed to allow removal of abandoned pets?
		-- What other options besides foreclosure can lenders offer borrowers?
When:		Lang is available to provide commentary immediately through article contribution or interview.
Contact:		To speak with Lang, request byline material, or for more information, contact:
		Joy Harper at (678) 781-7208 or
		Elizabeth Salter at (678) 781-7224

About No Paws Left Behind

No Paws Left Behind, Inc. is a focus-driven not-for-profit organization designed to bring awareness to all communities the silent victims of foreclosure who have no voice or rights to implement change. The focus is to act as a support group for those who find foreclosure imminent and need help to find shelter for their beloved pets; be a resource for those who find or know of abandoned pets; and to unite to end the needless suffering by creating a national movement targeting lawmakers to change the laws categorizing pets as personal property. For more information and make a donation to a most worthy cause affecting our mortgage industry, please visit: www.nopawsleftbehind.org.

For No Paws Left Behind, Inc.
Joy Harper, 678-781-7208
or
Elizabeth Salter, 678-781-7224