Animal shelters across metro Detroit are seeing more pet owners surrendering their furry friends. The problem has been exacerbated since the pandemic and has further strained the pet adoption system as more animals are looking for a forever home. 5-year-old Snapchat is one of many dogs up for adoption at Friends for Animals in Dearborn.”The big thing for us lately is getting adopters and the calls for owner surrenders that have been coming in, those have been an uptick we have seen lately,” said Sarah Rood, Director of Marketing & Development, Friends for Animals. The shelter’s Sarah Rood says during the start of the pandemic, adoption was a rising trend as more people stayed home, but now it’s become a problem as more folks are surrendering their pets.

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