Coronavirus Pets Abandoned

About 40 pets a day are being abandoned across england and wales the rspca says.

Coronavirus pets abandoned. Some pet owners in the middle east are abandoning their pets over fears they could spread coronavirus. According to dr gangadar a veterinary surgeon of global animal hospital secunderabad concerns over. As the charity warns of further abandonments in the months to come the bbc visited an animal sanctuary to learn. Many animals in wuhan the chinese city that is the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak have died or are at risk of dying after residents evacuated their homes in the wake of the lockdown.

Across china measures enacted to stop the spread of 2019 ncov as the coronavirus is known have affected businesses people and animals. China s animal shelters can t cope with the number of pets abandoned due to covid 19 a policeman in wuhan catches a dog on feb. Hit by coronavirus lockdown 90 year old kajodi trudges home 400 km away within days of the covid 19 outbreak hundreds of pets in mumbai became strays. But it hasn t been proven that pets have a significant role in spreading the disease.

Pets have been blamed for spreading the virus willingly abandoned amid the crisis or unintentionally left to fend for themselves. Activists claim local governments have called for dogs and. One of the abandoned dogs rescued by the rspca since lockdown began an animal rescue charity has received dozens of reports of abandoned animals across the county since the coronavirus lockdown. Nearly two pets an hour are being abandoned in lockdown britain a shocking sun online investigation can.

Tens of thousands of pet dogs and cats have been abandoned during the coronavirus outbreak and many could starve to death say activists. The most commonly abandoned pets among dogs are pomeranians german shepherds and labradors.