'Worse than COVID': Pet charity says demand for food nearly doubled in 2022

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'Worse than COVID': Pet charity says demand for food nearly doubled in 2022
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Calgary-based Parachutes for Pets says demand is ballooning as the cost of living skyrockets. Last year, the group gave out 3,000 hampers. This year, the number will be over 5,000.

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“Now we’ve got through that for the most part, we’re battling this inflation rate, which is worse than COVID ever was.” “I’ve done three cases in the past 10 days where seniors are living in their cars because they can’t afford their medication and their food on top of their pet food. Pet food has almost doubled.”

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