pandemic ending..some pet owners no longer want the dog

[Demovictory9]

[alphafemale]

1. There needs to be a national list of people who abandon pets when they aren't convenient anymore.

Adoption/purchase ban for life.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. I'm with you.

[USALiberal]

4. +1000! Nt

[11 Bravo]

15. Also a bounty.

[New Breed Leader]

23. Yep.

[llmart]

3. I was just thinking about this possibility yesterday.

I was walking at my nearby park which I do just about every day and saw people with dogs and realized that in the past year I've noticed more and more people with dogs. Same goes for my neighborhood. Then I immediately said to myself, "I wonder if the shelters will start filling up now that the pandemic is waning and people can leave their houses?"

This makes me sick. Too many people get dogs as more of an accessory to their lives. I once had a neighbor who did that. She had three small children and her first house and one day, as I was talking to her over the fence, she told me they had gotten a puppy. She said, "I looked around the living room one night and saw my husband and three children and my new house and thought, we need a puppy to complete this idyllic picture." Ugh.

[JI7]

16. Yup, they want the pics for their social media also

[Raven]

5. A couple of thoughts on this.

I guess it's better that these people drop the pups off at a shelter rather than in the woods somewhere to starve.

I can't imagine what kids in these families must think. Small ones may think that they could be "returned" too.

This kind of a story makes my heart hurt.

[SheltieLover]

6. Big problem in Memphis due to evictions especially

[pinkstarburst]

25. Evictions are the issue here, too

The problem as far as it's being reported for the most part, isn't usually "I got bored of my dog and decided to dump it so I can go back to my cushy high paying job and not having to bother walking Fido after work in my luxury apartment." Covid eviction protections are ending, people are getting forced out of their apartments and when they apply for somewhere new to live, are being told the new apartment won't take dogs, or won't take big dogs, or won't take that breed of dog. So then they have a choice: take the dog with them, or become homeless (often with kids in tow.)

We adopted a pet from a rescue during covid. The pet came to the rescue as a surrender because the owner couldn't afford to pay for its medical treatment. I have no doubt that they loved their pet and wished they hadn't fallen on hard times like so many did during covid. It could happen to any one of us. I have a lot of sympathy for the people who are having to surrender dogs and the dogs being surrendered. I'm sure it's absolutely heartbreaking for all concerned.

If you're financially able and have room in your house, adopt an pet.

[XanaDUer2]

7. cynical old me knew this was coming

when I heard pets were being snapped up during the pandemic. I knew this was coming. Because people are pos

[I_UndergroundPanther]

12. Business owners are PoS.

Thier demands for maximum profits created this situation.

Housing should be a human right. Not subjected to profit making.

[liberalmuse]

8. Humans suck.

I’m completely over most of the human race after this pandemic. Every day is a fresh, new. Unbearable pain caused by how humans treat this planet, animals and other humans.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Lots of misinformation about this issue. Returns are happening only in limited areas -- it's not a

national problem. And where returns are happening, they're finding that in most cases the return rate is coming back up to pre-pandemic levels, after they dropped when social distancing and other restrictions were in place.

[Raine]

17. Thanks for posting this

I heard somewhere it wasn't as bad as first reported. I'm glad to know that what I heard is true.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

21. I'm not sure why people want it to be true, unless it's to feel superior to shitty pet owners.

Shelters of course benefit because people want to help, I guess, but it's weird this story sticks around when it's just not true the way people are understanding it.

[Demovictory9]

26. NPR had story this morning. shelters are begging for people to adopt now.

20% of pet owners became pet owners during pandemic, no market is saturated.

different story from abandoning pets but there are trends that making it hard for animals

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. There are definitely trends that make it hard for animals, but a national trend of people giving

pandemic pets back is not one of them.

[aocommunalpunch]

10. I've run an ferret rescue for two decades.

I’ve heard every reason out there and the end result is always the same: your problem is now my problem. Everything else is irrelevant.

[Demovictory9]

19. thank you for saving the ferrets

[I_UndergroundPanther]

11. I adopted Othello my cat

He and I are together for life.

Nobody would drop a child onto the street to die. There would be consequences to the parents.

Drop a cat or dog who is dependant on you,bonded to you and is vulnerable and bad things could happen..
Should face serious consequences.

However in a capitalistic profit seeking culture like ours,people are bullied by thier job. Work being most important thing in life. That bullshit starts even in elementary school or before. There is always the question what do you do,as if it was more important than who are you.

Blame greed and wage slavery why people have no life,or enough time or energy left after making money for the boss to care for a dog or cat..

The capitalist game has to be changed.

The only way to change it is withhold labor and support each other.

Nobody is entitled to own a business. Refuse to pay a decent wage and give workers
Time to live thier lives,time to have a pet.
Business is shut down and boss butthole has to get a real job.

But the business owners whine oh how would we become richand maintain our lifestyle if we let workers have a life worth living.

Greed is never good.

It even hurts the animals.

[a kennedy]

13. Damn, damn, damn, we knew this would happen.......it just makes me sick.

[pinkstarburst]

14. It may be because of evictions

In many cases, it's because of evictions.

Covid eviction protections are ending. People are now getting kicked out of their apartments, or being forced to move, and being told they can't get approved for someplace new to stay with a dog. Their choice is to take the dog with them or become homeless.

[Demovictory9]

18. I agree with you.

[Hotler]

20. Assholes. nt

[Lancero]

22. I've seen about 5 dogs running free up where I'm at.

I'm rural, so... Dumping ground pretty much.

[DenaliDemocrat]

24. This is cruelty and they should be charged as such

There is no reason they could not have taken the dogs to a shelter. Abandoned like this is a crime