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The SPA is very worried in this period of vacation departures. In summer, animal abandonment is high and adoptions are few. So the association’s shelters are full.
In Vaux-le-Pénil (Seine-et-Marne), it’s a lucky day for Vekna, 14. Suffering from an incurable disease, she won over a young couple, who want to adopt her. “We wanted to get back a cat that doesn’t have the chance to attract by its young age or its physique or its health. We wanted to offer him a good retirement, a good life“, testifies Nida Okadoptive. A gesture of humanity that many would like to take advantage of in this refuge of the SPA in the Paris region.
For months, here, adoptions no longer compensate for abandonments. The site is packed. “The dogs currently, we are in complete saturation. I have no more room at all (…). They are at least two per box“, reports Celine TouguaySPA refuge manager. Same situation with cats. They are 130 today while the capacity is 100. In the 63 shelters of the SPA, the number of animals accommodated is up 10% compared to last year.
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