50,000 dogs have been dumped across the UK in the last three years as people return to the 'new normal' after a lockdown which saw thousands of households invest in a pet. Shelters are having to take on new staff and volunteers as every bed is filled with dogs looking for new homes, reports The Mirror.
Many Tears Animal Rescue in Wales has 200 abandoned dogs and struggling to meet the cost of caring for them as founder Sylvia Van Atta has had to employ 20 extra staff to help out – and is still recruiting more. Sylvia said: “I don’t know what we’re going to do.
“We can’t take in all the dogs who need rescuing and we’re running out of cash. Things have never been this bad.”
