Today, Amanda is heartbroken that Canberra Pet Rescue is at breaking point after a record number of pets have been surrendered. “A lot of people adopted pets to keep them company during the pandemic and now that they have returned to work, are going on holidays again and the novelty has worn off they are just offloading them,” Amanda, a public servant, tells New Idea.
It’s a crisis that is also being felt interstate with NSW animal shelters experiencing “queues” of distraught pet owners giving up their furry friends as the nation’s cost-of-living crisis deepens.
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