Pet homes say they're being inundated with requests to take in more and more pets - as their owners can no longer afford to care for them. With energy bills rocketing and the prices of food and essentials also increasing, some pet-owners feel they have no option but to give up their beloved pets and take them to a pet home or animal shelter, as they can't afford to feed them or pay their medical bills alongside severely increased living costs.
One Gower-based animal sanctuary said it's been getting five to six phone calls a day from worried dog-owners pleading with volunteers to take-in their dear dogs, as they can't afford to keep them.
"People can no longer afford to keep their dogs. It's because of the cost of living crisis," said co-owner of Woodfield Animal Sanctuary, Robbie Bartington. "Lots of dog homes are full, we take-in dogs but we don't have kennels [so can't take many]. People's changing circumstances mean they're trying to rehome their dogs - we've had eight calls [asking us to take their dogs] in the last two days and we were getting five or six phone calls a day asking the same thing before that."
