Hundreds of pets are still reported missing in Canterbury, weeks after the big earthquake strike the region. The SPCA has registered 460 animals as missing in the month following the quake, compared to 77 animals the same time last year.
The huge numbers of missing animals has been described as exclusive by Steve Glassey, a part-time senior tutor at Massey University, who researches how animals respond to disasters."When we looked at the research overseas, we didn't truly forecast this issue of mass straying of animals so it's quite unique to Canterbury."The SPCA has continued with its calls to Cantabrians on calling the organisation if they had lost, found or even sighted a stray."The admin and reception staff had been extremely busy dealing with the enquiries from the public," Canterbury SPCA spokesman Geoff Sutton said. They are building their track-a-pet database, matching pets with desperate owners.
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