"Animal shelters overflowing as cost-of-living pressures prompt record pet surrenders" - Penny Travers and Ethan French

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-02/animal-shelters-overflowing-with-record-pet-surrenders/102284546

There are several sad issues that come up when it comes to articles like this:

1. A search of "animal shelter" on the #ABC website shows this article gets written up again and again, showing the problem is not a one off but ongoing.

2. It is ongoing because #PuppyFarms / #PuppyMills AND #Breeders are part of the problem. They are constantly producing animals (#cats and #dogs and I am sure many other animals), and charging people thousands of dollars.

3. People are treating these animals as objects, as things, as status symbols, not as complex individuals with their own desires and needs.

4. Every time you buy a dog from a breeder or a farm, you sentence a poor dog or cat to an early death because they didn't get a second chance.

5. A lot of the people giving up their pets for stupid reasons (as described in the article) probably #LoveAnimals too. 🤯😞

I respect the legitimate reasons of having to 'let go' of their pets, such as a war, or being kicked out of your home and the new place doesn't allow pets, but to drop off a poor cat or dog after a year or two because you need to go on a holiday is pure selfishness.

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #AnimalRights

𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗸𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗸𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗴𝘁 𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗽𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗱 𝗻𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝘀

Een hondenfokker in de Brabantse gemeente Eersel krijgt woensdag een dwangsom van 2.500 euro opgelegd. De fokker mocht van de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) geen honden meer bezitten, maar bij een inspectie werden toch tweehonderd pups aangetr...

https://www.nu.nl/binnenland/6257362/hondenfokker-in-eersel-krijgt-dwangsom-opgelegd-na-vondst-tweehonderd-pups.html #nieuws #NUnl #puppy #puppies #puppyfarms

New York is the latest state to ban the sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores.

Following California's lead, they're requiring pet stores to work with animal shelters or rescue operations.

They intend to get rid of puppy farms and are banning breeders from selling more than nine animals a year.

Good show!

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/16/1143365678/new-york-bans-pet-stores-cats-dogs-and-rabbits

#PuppyFarms #PuppyMills