· animal shelters around the country say theyre seeing a surge in pet surrenders by consumers who can no longer afford to care for their critters. Animal caretakers blame rising veterinary costs. Best friends animal society pushes for policies that have resulted in deadly fights, disease outbreaks, animals starving to death in kennels, and fatal attacks on residents. Let’s work together to make a difference for pets and the staff in our local animal shelters. · as inflation continues to rise, more families across philadelphia are being forced to make a heartbreaking decision — surrendering their pets due to financial or housing hardship. · many families would keep their pets if they could find pet-friendly rentals without exorbitant fees. Cities that partnered with best friends animal society have faced public backlash and costly lawsuits. · local shelters in northeast pennsylvania say they cant keep up with surrenders, animal cruelty, medical cases and strays. Its not clear that the federal layoffs are. · at paws across pittsburgh in tarentum, president and founder jackie armour has noticed the number of shelter pets rising since shortly after the start of the covid pandemic. · the pennsylvania spca is turning to the community after an hvac failure shut down its lancaster center, leaving dozens of animals in urgent need of fosters or adopters.

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