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High Inflation Is Prompting Pet Owners To Surrender Pets To Animal Shelters

June 24, 2022
Some pet owners are struggling to keep up with costs as high inflation is hitting their wallets hard, and some of them are having to give up their pets.  Animal shelters across the country are seeing more pets being given up because some people now cannot afford to keep them. “We’re seeing more people that need help,” said Bailey Deacon, the Director of Community Engagement at the Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter or BARCS.

 

 

Article Source: WJZ CBS Baltimore

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