Some advised implementing compassionate go away for pet owners when their pets cross the rainbow bridge. As for the reasons why pet house owners give up their pets, there are many but it usually comes down to a change in circumstances, said Ms Sankar from SPCA. The variety of these requests increases by 20 per cent during the festive season or throughout vacation durations, when pet homeowners are spring cleaning, she added. Rabbit welfare teams and pet outlets have additionally recently called for pet homeowners not to buy rabbits out of impulse due to theYear of the Rabbit. “Over the years, persons are taking the right steps if they can not care for his or her rabbits anymore. They will contact the animal welfare teams to go through the right SOPs to provide them up,” stated Ms Betty Tan, president of House Rabbit Society Singapore.
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