Credit Crunch: Cats And Dogs Are Cheap Protein
CREDIT Crunch news of the day: Credit Grrrunch:
“Hard–up owner put their pets to sleep to save cash”
In the oven, on 220 degrees C or gas mark 4. You reared your dog, and you need the cheap protein…
Sick cat and dogs are being put down because their credit crunch-hit owners cannot afford the vets’ bills, a survey has found.
Grim news for pets. But not everyone’s a loser:
In total, 1.6 million animals have been given a lethal injection in the past five years because their owners were hard-up. This year alone, around 320,000 cats and dogs which could be nursed back to health will die as owners plunge into the red.
So who wins?
Vet Steve Dixon said: “Vets are in business to treat and save lives of animals, not to put them to sleep because of cost.”
Vet have never been so busy…
Posted: 4th, September 2008 | In: Anorak Pets, Credit Crunch, Money, Tabloids Comments (6) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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January 20th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
That well known charity charged me £192 to put my seriously ill Cat to sleep and it is said owners are using this option to save money .Rubbish.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I prefer a succession of hapless cats, as I live near a busy road.
PRO: no medical bills, no elderly cat smell, no sense of loss at a long-time companion
CON: misidentifying flattened remains often leads to accidental burial of neighbour’s pets,
the garden looks like a feline version of Fred West lives here,
accidental exhumation of previous cats as memory of their location fades.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:01 am
Furthermore, anyone who acquired a Pomeranian in the first place is likely to have strange yearnings on the stuffed dog front.
I think I need some coffee before that nice man from the Scientologists persuades nurse to cold turkey me on it…
September 4th, 2008 at 9:56 am
You are only saying that because Carmen is on her hols!
Last person who mentioned sausages is still looking for his ears.
Tell you what, blame it on Saul.
He has form…
September 4th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Sausages!
September 4th, 2008 at 9:34 am
If only our pets were worth the prices vets charge. When confronted with a £600 bill for the repair of your Pomerianian’s gastric system, the mind tends to dwell on how tasty man’s best friend would have to be to repay your investment in them.
I want my dog stuffed when it dies. Nothing fancy. Sage and onion will do.