Abandonment of pets, especially dogs and cats, is experiencing an alarming growth for some. living beings forced to be “broken toys” paying irresponsible whims.

tendency Adoption With a 44% increase in pet dogs and a 35% increase in cats, the number of pets is doing nothing but growing steadily at first and then rapidly in the aftermath of the pandemic, according to data from the National Association of Pet Food Manufacturers.

Today, in Spain as a whole nine million dogs and six million cats coexisting with humans, the latter only fish (eight million).

There are about 300,000 people living alone in Galicia. 10% of the populationThe increase in the rate of owning and adopting pets due to the fact that they were sentenced to isolation on the pretext of health was also noteworthy.

this protector they found that every day there were more and more people interested in keeping pets at home. faithful and unconditional love dogs and cats, so they envisioned an alternative to shelters.

Campaigns against animal abandonment in the 1980s or 1990s seemed to have lagged behind. “Never would” and the legendary image of the dog at the gas station and the family going on vacation. But the truth is much harsher.

The ideal animal for a child is not at all.

animal shelter catHeadquartered in Coirós and a reference business in the A Coruña region, it hasn’t fully realized the surge in adoptions due to the pandemic, despite warnings since then. Christmas: The ideal pet to give a child is not at all.

because animals cannot be giftsnor are they the product of a transaction, living things that enjoy or suffer from each of the decisions made about them.

your manager, Beatrice MartinHe explains that the increase in abandonment to Efe is very worrying, and in addition it occurs in a particular way in “almost newly adopted puppies”, mostly cats.

manages about this saver two hundred adoptions per yearmany are happy, but others end up with “broken toys” in their bodies suffering from the consequences of selfish attitudes.

They have cats and dogs a family that rescued them from the shelter, This gives them a home and they are suddenly kicked out of their home and returned to an unknown environment surrounded by other animals that are new to them.

“Returned animals are going through a very bad time. They won’t dare to taste the food in a day or two. You look into their eyes and see that their pupils are completely dilated with fear,” summarizes Beatriz Martín.

Refunds are made by “many different reasons, invented many times”, It’s animals like “sudden allergies or house changes” but still suffer from them.

The last three cases, as in the cases in question, were particularly difficult for the guardian. a child was afraid of a puppy or a lady who refuses to verify that the cat is in perfect condition and would rather return it than document it being well cared for.

“It seems like people who don’t know what they’re taking home don’t realize they’re alive and then everything becomes a world to them and they give it back. I don’t know. reason, lack of interest or sensitivity, but it’s the animals that pay,” he adds.

And not only animals pay for it, for example peter the catShe said she had paid the price, first with one of the boys begging the guardian not to take her back, asking him to keep waking her with her caresses every morning, and then with her and the entire family. the father who took him to the bunker between sobs while arguing that his wife was determined and wanted to get rid of the animal two years later.

no doubt they terrible experiences A place that should make society reflect on selfishness, where suffering is constant and responds to unconditional love that demands nothing in return.