"The economic and financial crises have hit everyone everywhere- reminding us how integrated we are with the citadels of capitalism and that we are inescapable inhabitants of the global village."
In simpler layman's terms with respect to animal welfare, we are seeing an increase in the number of owners giving up their pets -- what I gleaned from adoption channels, online portals and forwarded emails.
- Expats relocating to home countries
- The down-and-outs who can't afford to keep their pets anymore
- Families downgrading to smaller units
- Employees who have been laid off and would rather spend time getting their lives in order
Pets that come as the easier targets to be given up in such times. If there is, ever, a chain of priorities (in ascending order) residing in the remotest corner of one's imagination, it could be: dog-car-condo-kids
Maybe I'm just imagining things, but the sheer volume of dogs being put up for adoption, with these appeals accompanied by some form of deadline, is a gross reality to many.
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