More pet animals being dumped but fewer being taken in by the public

1 A filepic of a dog and cat adoption drive carried out by ISPCA. 2 Rescued dogs waiting to be adopted at the ISPCA animal shelter off Jalan Sultan Nazrin Shah in Ipoh.

THE dumping of pet animals, especially dogs, has increased while fewer of them are being adopted from rescuers and shelters in the past six months.

Peggy Wong, of the Ipoh Animal Welfare Society, said adoption drives had been anything but successful ever since the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April.