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: Money, Tabloids Comments (6) | TrackBack | Permalink
