Representational Image. News 18 London (England): The living crisis in the UK is forcing people to give up their pets as many animal shelters receiving overwhelming number of pets left at their doors, news reports suggest. As per the reports, the employees of these shelters have become sleep deprived as a result of rising demand […]
Animal shelters overwhelmed as inflation drives Americans to give up their pets
Animal shelters are seeing their worst overcrowding in three years as the pandemic adoption boom cools and inflation drives owners to surrender their pets in droves. About 23 million Americans adopted pets during COVID-19 quarantines in April and May 2020 — nearly one in every five households — according to the American Society for the […]
Animal shelters are overwhelmed – The West Volusia Beacon
A surge in animal adoptions during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into a crisis for Volusia County animal shelters, as high housing prices, inflation and a shortage of veterinarians are all contributing to record numbers of pet owners giving up their animals. Hurricane Ian just made it worse. Karen Spaulding, executive director […]