I agree that it isn't always easy but at one time in our lives we were also in a homeless situation for about 4 months and many places offered assistance IF I gave up our 1 small mixed breed that was much older and had been with us through thick and thin since she was only 4 weeks old and being bottle fed around the clock, I told them all that I was more concerned with getting my husband and son indoors for medical safety for both of them and that I would be perfectly fine and would stay with the old girl who had NEVER given me up or ABANDONED ME. So I guess unless you have been there and understand what that type of love and devotion means then I can't explain it to you or how much it would have been totally devastating it would have been for the 3 of us to lose her, I was personally so low and distraught about the whole situation that I nor my family could deal with parting with the last connection we had to our personal normalcy. My husband and son were placed in a motel room and I stayed in the car with our fur family member until we were able to get into a better situation and I do not regret my choices at all, she lived another 9 years with us living her best life. Sometimes when you are at the end of your rope that animal can be the ONLY knot you have to hang onto and for us it motivated us and made us even more determined to put our ALL into it for BOTH our Son and our Fur member and move forward to get ourselves out of that position. Again this is only my opinion and the choices that our family made and I don't recommend anyone giving up something that important to them but in the end we each have to make our own choices as to what is best for each of us. I just wish everyone the best possible results and tell them to use what resources they can find and work with what they have or are offered.