Our Pets Are Also Hating The Credit Crunch
Animal charities and wothing vets have noticed that the Credit crunch is now taking it’s toll on our fluffy friends.
Shelters are seeing a disturbing rise in the amount of pets that are being dropped into clinics, cats and dogs in particular. During this credit crunch, companies are struggling to make ends meet, people just cant cope with both their bills and the bills of their pets. Paying for hospical care such as animal cardiology is expensive and people just cannot afford it. The family pets are being dropped in the middel of no-where and left to fend for themselves or taken to animal shelters to be rehomed.
So what has also contributed to this? This xmas you may have brought a pet for your family. Some are facing unemployment and the families newest face is suddenly unaffordable. People are also forced to downgrade and move to smaller accomidations, which dont allow pets to the dismay of the owner.
Can animal hospitals cope with this sudden influx in vet referrals?
Animal charities and re-homing centres are close to bursting, now only willing to take the most severe of cases. All charities in general are getting less donations as some people consider themselves a charity, trying to save for the harsh times at the moment.
There is a bright spot on the end of this tail (pun intended), as january saw an increase in the number of pet adoptions, which has been the best month for awhile, but the ratio between those coming in and those going out with a loving family are still agreat distance apart.
