at unc chapel hill lauren burton has her textbooks and the senior know there is were some changes at the store. >> a larger company swooping in year the store is not run by unc. >> student affordability to their chores materials is first and foremost. >> reporter: in november the state employees association of north carolina and others rallied to oppose the privatization. >> there was nothing broken. the bookstore was running smoothly. it performed a wonder testimony function and it made money. >> reporter: cbs north carolina has learned some employees did leave with the change. >> it's a shame the university employees have put their heart and soul in their jobs and they weren't left with much. >> we made sure they were welcome. >> reporter: the agreement between the university and barnes & noble college is a 10- year, $30 million deal. unc said revenue at the store had declined since 2007 and the discount. >> i'm a fan. >> a lot of students took pride at it being a unc thing and not privatizing it. >> reporter: we did reach some of the employees who left by phone today. none wanted

lauren allen groans, their wishbone, had been part of the family for six years. he was well loved, and loved the family. whenever little nokomis it, wishbone was there. >> when i came home from the hospital, wishbone would never leave my side.>> it is like i'm missing a part of me almost. >> reporter: last saturday, wishbone went missing. for two days, the family search. that is when a neighbor found wishbone wondering in her cpa.>> why not take someone's pet and taken 20 miles away. they don't have a chance of getting their pet back.>> reporter: because wishbone had no identification and was ill, they decided to euthanize them. >> because his advanced, it would be difficult for us to treat him in the humane society. that is why we decided to euthanize them. turkey was a diabetic animal -- he was a diabetic animal. they should hold him for at least a week before they decide to euthanize him. >> he would dodge cars, dodge coyotes. he was well loved and had a great temperament.>> reporter: and framingham, i am paul >>> it is critical to make sure that pets have pro