BREAKING NEWS – Vancouver, Washington – It’s not just humans who are packing on the pounds during the coronavirus quarantine — so is man’s best friend.
About 33 percent of pets have beefed up since the lockdown started in March, according to a new survey conducted by Wakefield Research for Banfield Pet Hospital. Of the 1,000 animal owners surveyed in May, 25 percent of participants say their pet only gained “a little weight,” while 8 percent answered that their furry friends “gained a lot of weight,” the data shows. Wakefield Research also concluded that thousands of people that no longer wanted their overweight pets, either took them to a rescue center or sold them to a Korean restaurant.