Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAnimal shelters overflow as Americans dump 'pandemic puppies' in droves. They're too broke to keep their dogsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down114
arrow-up1440arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up19·11 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.