(Although Andy Seemiller, a senior at the University of Kansas) has made pet ownership work for him, other students have had significant difficulties. Many professionals in animal care now urge students to consider the short-term and long-term responsibility of pet ownership before taking the leap.
Midge Grinstead, director of the Lawrence Humane Society, said that at the end of every semester students dropped off animals in large numbers, which was both hard on the facility and shows irresponsibility on the part of many students.
“We had the biggest student dump this May,” Grinstead said. “In one week we took in 127 animals from students leaving town, not to mention the ones left.”
In addition to the animals dropped off at the Humane Society, Grinstead said many animals were abandoned in dumpsters. She said the Humane Society spent $600 this year to revive an abandoned bearded dragon whose feet had been burnt and had nearly starved to death before being found at the bottom of a dumpster.
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