Pets too hit hard by prolonged pandemic

A worker taking care of abandoned dogs at Hope in Pekan Nanas.

ANIMAL shelters are witnessing an increase in the number of cats and dogs abandoned by their owners since the start of the movement control order on March 18 last year.

Homeless and Orphan Pets Exist (Hope) development team leader Francis Gan said the increase was about 30% and was on an upward trend.