The Credit Crunch Hits Us All - Including Our Pets
Animal charities and sussex vets have noticed that the Credit crunch is now taking it’s toll on our fluffy friends.
Animal shelters are reporting a disturbing rise in the amount of animals, in particular dogs and cats, that are being dropped off into their clinics. During this time of economic crises, where buisnesses are collapsing and going under left, right and centre and making people redundant, our animal companions seem to be hit as well, as owners just can continue to cope with thier own bills of rent and then their pets food, veternary and insurance bills. Paying for hospical care such as animal dermatology 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 why has this happened to Fluffy and fido? We’ve just started a new year, which means some families will have had a new pet this xmas, only for the families employment status changing suddenly, meaning the family pet being the last one in will be the first one out of the door, trying not to give little ‘johnny’ and ’suzy’ too much time to become attached (too late for that). Another problem is that people are moving into smaller accomidation, 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. 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.
Though on the upside for our furry pals, January saw some charities reporting that January saw a rise in the number of people ADOPTING from animal shelters, but most shelters are still seeing more animals coming in then going out to a loving home.
