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Pandemic pets: Pet shops seeing more abandoned reptiles
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Pandemic pets: Pet shops seeing more abandoned reptiles
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Pet shops in Charlotte, NC report that alongside the increased demand for exotic pets, there has been an uptick in animal abandonment as well. The pet shop in this article reported that the number of rescue calls they received doubled during the pandemic. Exotic animals abandoned outside raise environmental concerns. If some manage to survive the winter, they could pose a threat to native wildlife.
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news article
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Pandemic Pets>Pet Adoption Stories
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06/26/2021
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07/02/2021
09/17/2021
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05/31/2021
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This item was submitted on June 26, 2021 by Ashley Tibollo using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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