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Report: Many Europeans Abandon Their Dogs to Go on Vacation

Posted on July 12 2012


Dogs abandoned by vacationing owners fill shelters every summer.

photo via NPR.org

Anybody who has friends living in Europe has heard about how much vacation time they get over there—often an entire month during the summer. Sounds fabulous, doesn't it? However, there seems to be a dark side to this system: a troubling report on NPR describes how many French dog owners actually abandon their dogs in order to take that month off. As a result, the ranks of shelter dogs swell, putting lots of pressure on those. . .

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