Aug 15, 2023 at 11:02 PM Update: an hour ago
Animal shelters in France are overflowing because holidaymakers are dumping their pets en masse on their way to their holiday destination. According to French animal shelters, they cannot handle any more new animals.
The National Animal Protection Agency says it has already taken in 12,000 new animals since the start of the summer. They were left behind by their owners while they went on vacation.
In France, about 100,000 pets are abandoned every year. This happens most often during the summer holidays. Then the animals are often found next to roads that lead to the coast or the countryside.
Animal shelters suspect that they will have to rescue more pets this year due to inflation, among other things. Some pets prove too expensive for the people who take them in.
“Many shelters are short of places. They try to expand to save as many animals as possible. But they are now reaching the limits of what they can handle,” said the French animal protection in a statement. statement.
Leaving animals behind has been a crime since 2022. French people caught doing so can be sentenced to fines of up to 45,000 euros and even prison terms of up to three years.
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2023-08-15 21:02:54
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