Some Southern California rats are having a hard time in finding a new home — about a thousand are up for, and awaiting, adoption after being rescued from a Los Angeles home featured on the A&E reality TV show "Hoarders."
The Humane Society trucked the rodents from Los Angeles city to San Jose in Northern California -- where more than 30 volunteers and nonprofit staff were on hand to move the rats into “Andy's Pet Shop”. The pet store agreed to temporarily house the currently-homeless rodents, serving as a safe haven, while the adoption process is put into place.
Like rabbits, rats multiply -- quickly: the previous homeowner's daughter had brought home a pregnant rat, the rodent’s litter then multiplying fast. The man's neighbors resorted to phoning the A&E "Hoarders" television show producers after the rats began literally, physically tearing apart the home.
Andy's Pet Shop isn't quite the traditional pet store: the shop is now an adoption center for homeless and rescued pets. No "mail order" puppies or pets -- all available dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, hamsters, rats, snakes, turtles, spiders and other animals come from a shelter, rescue organization, or from a concerned caretaker whom needs a good home for their animal.
Despite its goodness, “Andy's Pet Shop” had better move quickly while watching over the abandoned brood of rodents – before either 2,000 rats are suddenly available for adoption, or before not a single piece of siding of Andy’s shop remains.