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Pets At Risk As Downturn Hits Pet Owners
By Dog Lover | December 2, 2009
Animal charities and sussex vets have noticed that the Credit crunch is now taking it’s toll on our fluffy friends.
Animal charities and shelters are reporting a shocking increase in the amount of animals coming into their clinics- mostly dogs and cats. In this time of economic downturn where buisnesses are crumbling all around us, our animal companions seem to be being hit just as hard as us, as owners struggle with their own bills as well as their pets. Paying for hospical care such as animal cardiology is expensive and people just cannot afford it. Pets are being dropped off at shelters or taken out far away from the family home and left to fend for themselves.
So what have been the contributions to this dire set of circumstances? Spare a thought for all those animals who were bought as xams presents0 more so this year. Families that could afford that new puppy suddenly cant due to redundancy, and rover’s looking at the chop. Some people are being forced out of their homes into smaller places which dont allow pets to be kept.
Can animal hospitals cope with this sudden influx in vet referrals?
Alot of animal charities and re-homing centres are close to full, now unfortunetly only taking in the most severe of emergency cases. Animal shelters are recieving less donations to, with the credit crunch tightening people’s belt and charities all round getting less handouts as people struggle to save themselves.
The light at the end of the tunnel is that January saw some shelters report a increase in people adopting animals, most animal charities are still seeing more animals arriving than going out.
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