A LEADING dog welfare charity has warned of an imminent crisis with a record number of owners asking the charity to take in their dogs.
The Dogs Trust received 4,370 handover requests in July – the highest level since records began and the trend is increasing.
Owen Sharp, Dogs Trust CEO, said: “The UK is fast heading towards a situation in which, due to the cost-of-living crisis, we’ll have a surplus of dogs whose owners need to give them up, but a deficit of people who can afford to take on a new dog.”
With rehoming centres in many locations across the South, the Dogs Trust is worried that there could be a housing crisis for the nation’s dogs.
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In a poll by the Dog’s Trust, 37 per cent of dog owners across the southwest of England thought it would be more difficult to give their dogs all they needed due to the cost-of-living crisis.
55 per cent of dog owners said vet bills were the biggest canine concern in the coming months, 15 per cent were worried…
