Animal Shelters Filling Up As More Pets Are Abandoned

Animal shelters across the country say they’re filled to capacity – in part because families can no longer afford to take care of their pets.

Craig Cummings of the Casper Humane Society says his shelter gets calls “on a daily basis” from people who can’t afford to keep their pets or are being forced to move.

The APSCA estimates that it costs nearly $1,400 a year to take care of a dog, and $1,150 to own a cat.

Animal shelters say they’re ‘beyond capacity’ as more people give up their pets due to soaring inflation https://t.co/aou55HRiCj

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