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The pets left behind when their owners are deported
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As immigrant detentions and self-deportations soar, animal welfare groups in cities like New Orleans are scrambling to feed, foster and re-home the pets left behind.
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Miriam Jordan
NEW ORLEANS – The adoption listing described Heinz, a shih tzu-poodle mix, as sweet, happy and energetic.
“But he also has a sad story,” said the bio on the website of Rolling River Rescue, a nonprofit in New Orleans.
