Some 38,000 pets are euthansed every year in the UK due to their owners having to go into nursing home accommodation.
But that just might be about to change.
Nigel Waterson, the shadow minister for older people, has proposed a bill that would see elderly nursing home residents and their pets stay together.
”It is a staggering and very depressing fact that something like 38,000 healthy animals are put down every year simply because their owners are going into a care home or sheltered housing project and the rules do not allow them to take their pets with them,” he said.
”That’s bad enough but it is also estimated that a further 100,000 pets have to be given up for adoption for the same reason and many of them become so distressed because of the feeling of being abandoned by their owners that they eventually have to be put down as well.
”I think this is totally unacceptable in a civilised country.”
Let’s hope the bill is accepted and the idea takes off around the world.
Read the Telegraph’s full report here.
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New bill a step in the right direction – for seniors and pets
Some 38,000 pets are euthansed every year in the UK due to their owners having to go into nursing home accommodation.
But that just might be about to change.
Nigel Waterson, the shadow minister for older people, has proposed a bill that would see elderly nursing home residents and their pets stay together.
”It is a staggering and very depressing fact that something like 38,000 healthy animals are put down every year simply because their owners are going into a care home or sheltered housing project and the rules do not allow them to take their pets with them,” he said.
”That’s bad enough but it is also estimated that a further 100,000 pets have to be given up for adoption for the same reason and many of them become so distressed because of the feeling of being abandoned by their owners that they eventually have to be put down as well.
”I think this is totally unacceptable in a civilised country.”
Let’s hope the bill is accepted and the idea takes off around the world.
Read the Telegraph’s full report here.