Rise in number of Venezuela pets being abandoned by crisis-stricken owners
8 Sept 2016 12:08 PM IST
Venezuela pets abandoned by crisis-stricken owners
As the country's economic crisis deepens, food shortages and rising poverty are forcing once-middle-class Venezuelans to do the unthinkable and let their pets starve, or abandon them in the streets. (Photo: AP)- An abandoned dog so skinny his ribcage is visible waits to be fed at the private shelter Funasissi, in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito.
- Three rescued cats watch from the top of a fridge as their food is prepared at the private shelter Funasissi.
- A veterinarian and part owner of the Funasissi animal shelter, examines an abandoned cat at the private shelter in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito.
- Katty Quintas, part owner of the Funasissi animal shelter, comes across an abandoned dog rummaging in the trash in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito, Venezuela.
- Katty Quintas, part owner of the Funasissi animal shelter, plays with her pet dog Sissis at the private shelter in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito, Venezuela.
- A veterinarian and part owner of the Funasissi animal shelter, grooms an abandoned dog at the private shelter in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito.
- A quarantined cat sits in a cage at the private shelter Funasissi, in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito, Venezuela, after he was rescued on the streets, abandoned by his owners.
- An abandoned dog pokes his head out from under a door at the private shelter Funasissi, in the working-class Caracas neighborhood of El Junquito, Venezuela.
As the country\'s economic crisis deepens, food shortages and rising poverty are forcing once-middle-class Venezuelans to do the unthinkable and let their pets starve, or abandon them in the streets. (Photo: AP)
Venezuela pets abandoned by crisis-stricken owners
Next Story
