AN animal charity is bracing for a summer surge in abandonments after 85 calls were made in Cumbria last year.
The RSPCA is bracing itself for a surge in abandoned animals and fears the fallout from the Covid crisis could see more owners struggling to keep their pets.
Typically, the charity sees abandonment peak in the summer months. Between June and August 2019, 16,519 animals were reported abandoned to the RSPCA which accounts for 30per cent of all animals reported abandoned that year.
During the summer months the charity received 85 reports about dumped animals in Cumbria.
This included two newborn kittens abandoned at a hotel in Grange last August.
The ginger and tabby kittens were found by a gardener at the Grand Hotel on August 6. The kittens were so young they had not even yet opened their eyes.
Thankfully, the gardener and a member of the public kept the newborns safe until an RSPCA officer collected them and took them to a foster carer.
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