Animal advocates say the New York City's cost of living crisis is driving an overwhelming number of surrenders and adoptions at animal shelters throughout the city.
New Yorkers love their pets, especially dogs. Step out onto the streets of the city during the day, and you're guaranteed to see people taking their four-legged friends out for a walk.But animal advocates told FOX 5 NY that the cost of living in the city is not only driving out people but also forcing them to give up their pets, causing overcrowding at NYC animal shelters to crisis levels.
But despite that, pets continue to come in."We're open admissions. We take them all, even when we closed," Hansen said. "We were restricted, and we still took in thousands of animals."With limited space, staff at the ACC have been forced to house dogs in hallways, using cages that would normally be used for cats, she said. This raises fears over what will need to be done in the summer months when abandonments and surrenders generally go up.
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