Americans are struggling to take care of their pets as inflation continues hurting the nation under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s leadership, a survey shows.
LendingTree surveyed almost 2,000 consumers and found 85 percent of pet owners lamenting that inflation is making prices skyrocket, the site reported Monday.
To make matters worse, 37 percent of those surveyed are in debt for their animals. The report continued:Many Americans are getting priced out of owning a pet. Almost a quarter of pet owners (23%) say they’ve considered going petless due to costs, and 39% say they won’t own a pet again in the future. Additionally, 12% of Americans (and 25% of Gen Zers) have surrendered a pet because they could no longer afford to care for it.
