Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoAnimal shelters overflow as Americans dump 'pandemic puppies' in droves. They're too broke to keep their dogsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down14
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkAnimal shelters overflow as Americans dump 'pandemic puppies' in droves. They're too broke to keep their dogsfortune.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoYup. It needs to be a crime punishable by fines and prison time. The average lifetime cost of owning a dog can be as high as $50,000. Use that as a baseline for fining people who breed dogs while shelters are turning them away.
Yup. It needs to be a crime punishable by fines and prison time. The average lifetime cost of owning a dog can be as high as $50,000. Use that as a baseline for fining people who breed dogs while shelters are turning them away.