LETTER: PDSA will always help sick animals
A reader discusses pet care.
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to be exceptionally difficult for all of us, but has also led to crisis levels of ‘pet poverty’ in the UK.
PDSA is a charity that provides free and low cost vet care for those who struggle to pay treatment costs for their sick and injured pets.
Since the first UK lockdown began, we’ve seen an overwhelming number of additional enquiries from pet owners who have hit hard times. In the first three months of lockdown alone, we carried out more than 6,400 operations and 15,000 x-rays for pets in need.
On average, we’re providing 2,300 phone appointments every day to desperate pet owners. We predict there will be as many as 50,000 more pets eligible for our services over the months ahead, as a direct result of the economic hardship caused by the pandemic.
For many sick and injured pets, whose owners are struggling financially, PDSA is their only emergency service.
For more information on PDSA and the pet care crisis and how you can help, please visit PDSA.org.uk/whywematter
Paul Manktelow, PDSA Vet
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