I understand where you are coming from, I see many adverts the same here down under, usually it is the going overseas one,people just don't take the committment of having a pet seriously really, let's face it, i do suppose though in some cases they never intended to go overseas, but something came up, usually a very good oportunity to make good money, and who is the casualty in all this, the pets,and yes people should make more of an effort to try and take their animals with them,i often wonder what does happen to these pets when the time is up and no-one is prepared to take them, hopefully a lot of happy endings, however i do praise the people for making a conscience effort to re-home their animals, not simply dumping them or giving them to a shelter,and you can tell by the adverts they are well taken care of animals, and have been loved,it still is a shame,but sadly it is a fact of life, animals are dispensable,and people will just continue to do so.