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Collected Item: “Pandemic Pets Return to Shelters”

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Pandemic Pets Return to Shelters

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

text story, video

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

Sadly, as the nation returns to work and activities, pets adopted during the pandemic are paying the price. According to the article, owner surrenders are up more than 80% from this time last year. People did not think far enough ahead about what would happen once the pandemic was over. Now its the poor animals who have to pay the price. When will people learn that animals are not toys to be thrown away when it becomes inconvenient?

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Pandemic Pets, pet, dog, cat, surrender, adoption, pandemic, return, abandon, SPCA, New Hampshire, rescue, work

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/clear-the-shelters/animals-adopted-during-pandemic-are-being-returned-to-shelters/2380084/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Katherine Underwood

Give this story a date.

2021-05-13
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