Animal shelters are struggling all over Nova Scotia to keep pet food stocks stored, highlighting a 50 percent increase in demand since last year.
Bide Lowhile, a shelter in Dartmouth who runs a pet store to support low -income families and students in caring for their pets, noticed that his store began to decrease last week. She arrived in the community for help and soon flooded nearly 200 Amazon packages.
Lizigi Somers Al Shaqra, CEO of Bide Awhile Animal Shelter, was soaked.
“Until now, we have received 197 Amazon package,” says Somers. “Five local pet food stores have contacted us to provide food to provide our pet store, and the community has provided us with overwhelming support with donations and donations, online and personality.
“I would just thank society from the bottom of our hearts here in the hand of a moment for everything they do to help us maintain your pet.”
She adds that the increase in donations since made the post on social media is a double -edged sword. With more people learn about the shelter, use also rises. She says that despite the monthly donations of other organizations and a modern grant of $ 10,000, it is not enough to keep pace with the high demand.
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As for the news that affects Canada and around the world, he participated in the urgent news alerts that were delivered directly when it occurs.
“Because of our call to participate social media, then discover people. Then they use the pet store, our use increased, and our demand also increases. Therefore, there should be a happy way to continuously deliver at our door, as well as persons who go out of food outside the door,” continues.
There was no only shelter to have an increase in demand.
SPCA SPCA says that the demand in all six locations in the province has increased, but the donations are still low.
“When donations come in food or garbage, what we cannot use in our shelters, we then put in the pet store. So we are never guaranteed to be full,” says Sarah Leon, SPCA, SPCA, SPCA.
“Thus we are attached. We are cooled to help complete the shelves to ensure that they are full.”
It adds this only last year, they helped 1700 families to care for their pets.
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