Greyhound Trust Eastern Counties, based mostly in Meadowgreen, close to Hales, and Mildenhall, has 20 dogs in for homing throughout its two kennels, plus 38 dogs on its ready record in complete.
Vet prices have risen on the centre by £10,000 per yr, which is double since pre-covid.
Many come into the centre from the racing trade, but this yr has seen an increase in unclaimed strays, different rehoming teams and personal houses.
Ex-racing greyhound Millie was dropped off on the Meadowgreen kennels with no clarification for her continual lameness and her proprietor wasn’t eager to reply questions.
She was unable to walk throughout the automobile park with out ache and each motion damage.
Millie had no damaged bones or continual sickness, however the vet believed she had possible suffered an influence harm which might be attributable to operating into one thing at velocity, being hit by one thing at velocity or kids sitting on her.
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She has had 4 months of remedy, vet remedy, physiotherapy and hydrotherapy as she may solely walk by counting on weight bearing.
In earlier years dogs would be part of the ready record regionally however at the moment are becoming a member of from the Yarmouth and South Downs racing tracks, in addition to Perry Barr, Nottingham, and Brighton and Hove.
Ingrid Wright, of the Greyhound Trust Eastern Counties, mentioned: “People are returning to work and the cost of residing and inflation is rising uncontrolled. Then at the top of the queue is the household pet hoping that they’re going to not lose the roof over their head.
“Our vet payments have gone from a mean £10,000 per yr pre-covid to a mean £20,000 per yr since 2020 with a excessive of £30,000 in 2021.”
