Northwest Indiana animal shelters are seeing alarming numbers of surrenders and strays, mostly because inflation and housing has become a struggle for many.
Five month-old Willy is one of the many dogs and cats up for adoption at the Humane Indiana Animal Shelter in Munster, Indiana Friday July 8, 2022. The shelter can house up to 40 dogs and 35 cats.
If the intake not getting worse Northwest Indiana shelters over the holiday was the good news, it was also small comfort. What does appear to be happening is more complicated and, by all measures, worse. The shelters are seeing alarming numbers of surrenders and strays, mostly because inflation and housing has become a struggle for many.
But worse, she said, is families having to give up their pets because they can no longer afford to keep them, she said. Families forced to move from their homes — be it through foreclosure or eviction moratoriums catching up — are finding fewer and fewer pet-friendly options in which to go. , found three pet-friendly apartment complexes under $1,500 per month, with the lowest starting at $750 per month., listed five pet-friendly complexes, of which the least expensive rent started at $950.Another factor in the high shelter populations is that people believe the COVID-19 pandemic is over, or at least abated enough that they can be out and about more than they want to stay home and train a puppy, she said.
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