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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

‘Heartbreaking choice’: families forced to give up dogs and cats as Australia’s rental crisis bites

A dog sits in its enclosure at the RSPCA NSW shelter in Sydney, Australia
The RSPCA says in states where landlords are free to refuse pets, ‘people are turning up with broken hearts’ to surrender beloved dogs and cats. Photograph: James Redmayne/Reuters

Families are being forced to give up hundreds of dogs, cats and other pets as Australia’s rental crisis bites.

In states where landlords are free to always refuse pets, “people are turning up with broken hearts”, said the RSPCA South Australia spokesperson, Carolyn Jones. “They are saying to us that this is the hardest decision they’ve ever had to make.”

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