Shades Magazine May issue | Page 5

Animal abandonment leads to a life of misery and possibly a painful, lonely, death for the pet. A pet is abandoned every single hour in the summer; Last year, the “Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)” rescued a total of 9,069 animals throughout England and Wales - and nearly 3,000 of those rescues happened in the summer months alone. On average, that's one animal being abandoned every hour. In July, the number rose to 1.5 animals per hour.

Your pets don't abandon you, why should you abandon them?

Pets will stay by you for years and they fulfil our lives.

I’m Erica and I’ve written all of the editorials, sometimes together with mates, Alessia and Marzia. It has been a pleasure imagining that you readers from distant countries have read what I wrote.

Thank you for the support for this magazine.

Erica Rosso

GOODBYE AND HAPPY SUMMER FROM EDITORIAL BOARD OF SHADES