
Animal shelters overwhelmed with more 'pandemic pets' being returned
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After a boost in pet adoptions during the pandemic, now animal shelters across the U.S. are seeing an increase in pet surrenders, leading to overcrowding.
"She had people playing with her 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, had all their attention," Rescue Director Michelle Ingram said. "Now they're back at work and she's like, ‘Well you used to play with me all day, what am I going to do?’ So some undesirable behaviors came out and therefore she got returned to us." Ingram said it's been happening more frequently.More Related News