{"id":44661,"date":"2021-04-05T10:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=44661"},"modified":"2021-04-05T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:30:03","slug":"so-what-happens-to-all-the-lockdown-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2021\/04\/05\/so-what-happens-to-all-the-lockdown-pets\/","title":{"rendered":"So, what happens to all the lockdown pets?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently, I've heard that many animal shelters are filling up because of people\u2019s lockdown pets and many have been getting way too full as the lockdowns are lifted in different countries. Some of my friends have looked after pets for the shetlers until they are formally adopted and it\u2019s helped them out in this isolated time. I\u2019m going to share some places that they have found great and you can help out from either donating, adopting or just sharing these resources that would help them out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of my friends have fostered both cats and dogs for between 5-15 weeks to help these downtown Toronto shelters out since we shifted to an online year. The time varied depending on the time for them to find and be fully adopted by a family. For the people that lived away from their family it felt like it minimised the time at home and of course each pet is wonderfully unique. They really liked having them to help calm them during the term and all felt a little happy and sad when they were adopted by someone - overall it was a great experience and boosted their mental and physical health. If you are wanting to adopt, the process is much longer at the moment because the animals need to see a vet before being adopted and vet bookings are quite behind due to the pandemic so currently it might be better to find other ways to help these shelters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I was researching and asking around, these are some animal homes and adoption places if you wanted to know a few in and surrounding Toronto \ud83d\udc36\ud83c\udfe1 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n