11/26/21 "Are you having trouble affording your pet?" "Poverty Forces People to Surrender Their Pets. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way" Check Out Humane Society List State By State To Get Help.

"Poverty Forces People to Surrender Their Pets. It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way"

"There are all kinds of stereotypes about the people who give up their pet to a shelter: They got tired of the dog after it wasn’t a cute puppy any more, or couldn’t be bothered to cut the cat’s nails so it wouldn’t scratch the furniture, or needed a new designer mix to match their handbag. The reality is quite different.

“Forty-plus million Americans live in poverty. They have pets and they love their pets,” said Matthew Bershadker, president and CEO of the ASPCA."

https://talkpoverty.org/2019/02/04/low-income-pet-owners-animal-surrender/ 

Check out resources list state by state to get help

" Are you having trouble affording your pet?"

https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/are-you-having-trouble-affording-your-pet