‘Never seen it like this’: Victoria animal shelter overrun with pets
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The Victoria Humane Society is now looking for a bigger facility so they can help more animals as the executive director says they are bursting at the seams.
A Victoria, B.C., animal shelter is hoping the public can help them find a new home for their growing needs.
The Victoria Humane Society is overrun with animals in need and they are bursting at the seams.
Penny Stone, executive director of the Victoria Humane Society said, “Years ago, when we first started the Humane Society, things were pretty much under control. We’d, you know, gotten everybody spayed and neutered. Everybody was kind of settling in.
“So you’d get animals in, but not in the numbers we’re getting in now. Since COVID, everything’s gone crazy. People can’t afford to keep their animals anymore.”
Stone said COVID also affected the ability to hold spay and neuter programs in smaller communities and now those animals have had babies and the populations are out of control.
“Exponentially, it’s just grown out of control,” she said.
“And I’ve been in animal welfare 20 years. I’ve never seen it like this.”
Stone said the cost of living is also driving up pet food prices and forcing people to make difficult decisions.
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