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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The cat, whose name is Hennessy, made the jump from the fifth floor of the apartment building. (Courtesy of Chicago Fire Department)
CHICAGO, IL A black cat named Hennessy is down at least one life after it leaped from a burning fifth-floor apartment unit on Thursday afternoon.
The Chicago Fire Department responded to a call of a kitchen fire in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood at about 3 p.m. The fire had not spread because the building is concrete, and the occupant made it out before the flames engulfed the apartment. Firefighters tried to get to the cat, but it ran into the flames before they could reach it, according to department spokesman Larry Langford.
Veterinarians reporting increase in demand for service as pet adoptions sky rocket during pandemic There s been so many new puppies, kittens and adult pets that have been adopted, says Patti Christie. That decreases the amount of appointment slots available. Author: Charmaine Nero (KARE 11) Published: 5:43 PM CDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 5:43 PM CDT May 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS As pet adoptions sky rocketed in 2020, veterinarians across the country are now feeling the impact, including vets in Minnesota. We have seen close to a four-fold increase in demand for our services, says Patti Christie, a Practice Manager with Minnehaha Animal Hospital.
Christie says the clinic is still limited in staffing and space - due to prior COVID-19 restrictions, along with an influx in new pets in need of care.
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