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Pandemic downturn leads to animal abuse crisis in Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan is facing a multitude of problems, including a weak currency, dependence on fluctuating oil prices, a closed political system and dire human rights. Amid all of this, the fate of its abused pets may seem trivial. However, passionate activists are rising up to take a stand for animal rights.
As the Central Asian state’s socio-economic conditions have worsened over the past year due to the pandemic, more pet owners have been abandoning their animals or committing violence against them. And just as animal shelters are more needed than ever, they’re grappling with an influx of animals, a lack of funding and a legislative vacuum on animal rights.
As the Central Asian state’s socio-economic conditions have worsened over the past year due to the pandemic, more pet owners have been abandoning their animals or committing violence against them. And just as animal shelters are more needed than ever, they’re grappling with an influx of animals, a lack of funding and a legislative vacuum on animal rights.
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Pandemic Pets, pet, animal, dog, cat, abuse, neglect, economic loss, abandonment, shelter, animal rights, funding, activist, school, children, education, sterilization, neuter, spay, cruelty
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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/pandemic-downturn-leads-animal-abuse-crisis-kazakhstan/
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Yuliya Khaimovich, openDemocracy
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2021-03-10