Record levels of pet abandonment saturate French animal shelters A couple arrives at the Plaisir animal shelter just southwest of Paris with "Luna," a mixed breed puppy with energy to spare and a fear of other dogs after suffering an attack. "We rescued her from another home where she'd been kept in a crate in the garage," explains Lucile, who gave the dog a host home until a better solution could be found. She will be the shelter's 111th dog, officially putting them over capacity along with all the other animal shelters in France after six months of record-levels of pet abandonment. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES