Animal shelters across Kentucky are full to the brim.
That includes Louisville Metro Animal Services, Franklin County and Bullitt County animal shelters, according to a report from LEX18.
Even rescue programs like Kentucky Hopeful Paws, a statewide foster network, said it got requests to foster almost 50 dogs on Wednesday alone.
Organizations are pointing to rising prices as the big reason behind the surrenders.
"So what we're seeing is probably a 10-25% increase," Kerry Lowary, executive director of the Franklin County Humane Society, told LEX18. "So for instance, a regular bag of cat food would probably have been $8-$10. That's a $15-$20 dollar bag of cat food now."
Shelters and rescues are urging pet owners to be responsible and to get their pets spayed or neutered.
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