Pet adoptions are not keeping pace with the number of animals coming in Animal shelters and advocates say overcrowding at animal shelters is due to multiple factors, including a post-pandemic return to work and renewed popularity of "designer" pets from breeders. Adoptions are not keeping pace with the number of animals coming in, which is leading to worsening conditions and …
After reaching maximum capacity at its regional South Australian shelter three months ago, the South East Animal Welfare League is now experiencing high adoption rates. Key points: A regional SA shelter says many of its animals have now been adopted It says the situation has turned around since being at capacity three months ago RSPCA SA says there remains a …
Markus Salomon and his family had been thinking about getting a dog for years, but it was the coronavirus pandemic that finally pushed them to bring home one-year-old mixed breed Uschi. "The pandemic is of course a time when we are at home a lot, so in lockdown, and that is a good time to get a dog," says the …
