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Animal charities and sussex vets have noticed that the Credit crunch is now taking it’s toll on our fluffy friends.

Animal charities and shelters are reporting a shocking increase in the amount of animals coming into their clinics- mostly dogs and cats. In this time of economic downturn where buisnesses are crumbling all around us, our animal companions seem to be being hit just as hard as us, as owners struggle with their own bills as well as their pets. Paying for hospical care such as animal dermatology is expensive and people just cannot afford it.  Animals are either being dropped off at animal shelters or taken a distance away from the family home and dropped in the middle of no-where, left to fend for themselves.

So what have been the contributions to this dire set of circumstances? Some families got a pet last xmas, only for their job situation to change suddenly. Meaning that the families new addition is the first one out the door before the kids can become too attached. Some people are being forced out of their homes into smaller places which dont allow pets to be kept.

Can animal hospitals cope with this sudden influx in vet referrals?

Animal charities and re-homing centres are close to bursting, now only willing to take the most severe of cases. With people being more stingy with their belts charities and shelters in general are recieving less money as ‘charity begins at home’.

The light at the end of the tunnel is that January saw some shelters report a increase in people adopting animals, most animal charities are still seeing more animals arriving than going out.