Animals adopted during pandemic are being returned at high rates

The American Veterinary Medical Association reports a 60-percent spike in pets taken to shelters.
Author: Eric Glasser
Updated: 6:40 PM EDT May 14, 2021
As people return to their routines and head back into the workplace, we’re seeing a sad consequence of that return to normalcy.
Pandemic pets -- lots were adopted at the beginning of the COVID outbreak -- are now being returned or even left to fend for themselves at alarming rates in some places.
It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but now many people who turned to pet adoption to avoid loneliness during the pandemic are abandoning those same furry friends.

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