Struggling to Feed Families, Venezuelans Abandon Pets

 Struggling to Feed Families, Venezuelans Abandon Pets

 

Venezuelans struggling to feed their families, let alone their pets, during the country's deep economic crisis are increasingly abandoning emaciated dogs in streets, public parks and makeshift shelters because they no longer can afford to care for them. At one dilapidated sanctuary in the hills outside the capital Caracas, hundreds of scrawny dogs bark and claw through wire mesh to scavenge for food in the streets and forest land nearby. "The crisis has hit hard," said...