SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The abandonment of pets and the lack of shelter space to house them is a common issue for local animal rescues.
News 3 spoke with one shelter owner who is scrambling to find homes for six animals that were left at the organization earlier this week.
“We have plenty of signs throughout our parking lot that says ‘Dumping animals is illegal.’ ‘Abandoning pets is a crime,’” said Lisa Scarbrough with Coastal Pet Rescue. “We have video cameras in place and apparently, someone just didn’t care”, that’s how Lisa Scarbrough described the scene she and her staff walked into Monday morning.
Scarbrough shared a video of a person allegedly abandoning animals on the rescue’s property, saying it happens far too often.
“This is not an uncommon occurrence,” she said. “It happens almost every rescue at every shelter in our area. It happens in the vet clinics.
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“There’s hardly ever a day I don’t see somebody post online, ‘Hey, this was just dumped here.’”