Do you think people who abandon their pets should be fined?

Ram, I completely agree with what you are saying, but I think it is a bit too idealistic. We are going to have to accept the fact that there are going to be people who make mistakes, and even worse, people who are just plain stupid. So there needs to be an option for people to give up animals without penalty, like a shelter, because those people are going to have the animals anyways, and if that option isn't there the animals will just die slowly, be dumped on the street, or killed.

As for people who just abandon or abuse their pets, the should be cited &/or prosecuted. But again, in order for that to hold, there has to be an easy option for people to get rid of the animals they don't want.

And I agree that should never happen, if you get an animal you should have a plan on how to keep it for it's entire life, but as I said, there will always be people who don't, either out of irresponsibility, or out of disaster.