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Pet-owners need insurance to cope with costs
22 May 2008
Pet-owners are being urged to take out insurance as fewer people can afford to look after their animals, reports the Independent.
With the average cost of keeping a dog for its lifetime coming to £10,000, pet-owners should take out insurance in order to protect them from rising vet bills.
Henry Macaulay, an RSPCA spokesman, told the Independent: "We would urge people to take out pet insurance to help them cover the cost of having their pet treated by a vet when it becomes ill. Vet bills can be expensive and insurance helps to cover the cost."
Tighter household budgets because of rising food and fuel costs has meant that people are resorting to dumping their animals on charities.
Patricia Bernie, an animal sanctuary worker, told the Independent: "You find that during times of economic difficulty, people start to cut back on going to the vet because it's expensive."
According to pet health care, five million people in the UK own a dog.
