Calgary pet rescue concerned by rate of animal abandonment across the province

Across Calgary, favored rescues and different carnal organizations are filled to capableness with hundreds of cats and dogs successful their care. A increasing inclination of pets being surrendered and sometimes adjacent abandoned being driven by ostentation driving up the costs of things similar rent, utilities, and groceries leaving small leftover for furry companions.

Tanaya Jilg, enforcement manager with the Animal Rescue Foundation, says it’s a bittersweet reality.

“We’re typically seeing astir 7 calls per time from radical looking for a spot to surrender their cats and dogs,” Jilg explained.

“We’ve had 2 dogs tied to our door. One past night, and 1 2 weeks agone was tied astir the broadside of our gathering to stairs, and we’ve had galore cats dropped off, near successful crates of near successful our donation bin.”

While unit are understandably upset, they’re empathetic to wherefore radical marque the hard prime to fto spell of their pets.

“People successful our assemblage are truly struggling,” said Jilg. “[People] request much resources and enactment with animals.”

While surrendering an carnal to organizations is OK, abandoning animals is simply a transgression act. According to the Calgary Humane Society, determination were 216 cases of carnal abandonment successful 2023, with 137 occurring successful Calgary truthful acold successful 2024.

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Jilg hopes governments tin assistance stem the travel of animals being abandoned successful the province.

“All rescues request much resources,” Jilg said. “There’s nary authorities backing for immoderate rescues successful Alberta… truthful I’d accidental we decidedly request support, and we request tougher carnal abandonment laws.”

Investigators are moving to way down who abandoned the dogs astatine ARF, and accidental if you cognize of idiosyncratic who has abandoned oregon abused a pet, to delight interaction the Calgary Humane Society’s Animal Protection and Investigation team.