Many people acquired new pets during the pandemic and pet owners are now struggling with rising inflation costs and lack of affordable housing that accepts animals. As a result, more people are surrendering their pets to animal shelters in Denver
The number of dogs surrendered to the Denver Animal Shelter is on an alarming rise and testing the shelter’s capacity.
Between Jan. 1 and April 23, the shelter has taken in 477 surrendered animals, mostly larger dogs, compared to 348 surrendered animals over the same time span in 2022 — a 37% increase, according to aThe upward trend is continuing from last year when DAS experienced a 51% increase in surrendered pets compared to those given up in 2019, before the pandemic.
“These increasing numbers, combined with other shelters in the metro area that have limited the animals they take in, has DAS worried about seeing a surge of pets that could overwhelm the shelter’s capacity to care for them,” the release said. Many people acquired new pets during the pandemic and pet owners are now struggling with rising inflation costs and lack of affordable housing that accepts animals, the release said. As a result, a greater number of people are surrendering their pets to animal shelters in Denver and elsewhere in the metro area.
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