Waitlists to surrender unwanted pets sky rocket at Sydney shelters

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Rescue shelters say the wait list to properly surrender animals is currently eight months long. 9News

Dog ownership in Australia rose 47 per cent between 2019 and 2021, spiking from 5.1 million pet dogs to 6.3 million by the end of the pandemic.report, cat ownership equally spiked from 3.7 million to 4.9 million over the same period.Animal rescue shelters across Sydney are experiencing a huge surge in surrendered and abandoned pets.

"Surrender rates at RSPCA NSW have continued to remain steady, and we are not experiencing an influx, like other states," a spokesperson said. "Animals are surrendered for a number of reasons including financial reasons, changes in family circumstances and not being able to care for animals," a council spokesperson told 9news.com.au.NSW Animal Welfare League said that while adoptions have risen by 10 per cent, the gap is still too large.

 

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Lockdown and working-from-home are over. So no time for pets!?

I want a dog, been to the rescue joint a few times and they only have big dogs, left my number to call if they get any smaller dogs, that was ages ago, no contact, and when you go there they don’t tell you about the dogs or anything, ur just left go walk around

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