Overwhelmed South Florida pet shelter seeks lifeline: ‘What if we have to shut down?’

MARGATE, Fla. — Pet dumping has become a massive problem for us here in South Florida, but it only gets worse right after the holidays when so many pets that were purchased as presents are unwanted and thrown away like garbage.

It’s the small rescue groups that suffer the most, as they try to save each and every life.

“People have been dumping dogs out in our backyard,” said Wendy Betulia with United For Animals Rescue. “They are tying them up to trees, they’re leaving them abandoned in our play yard…

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