Carlos Parra used to love waking up to
see his pet albino boxer, Nina. Now, seeing her skeletal body on the floor next
to his bed has become a daily reminder of the economic crisis engulfing
Venezuela. His other dog's thick fur barely hides her ribcage as Parra struggles
to feed his pets after losing his job at a shoe store. "It's terrible to
sit and eat, see them watching me with hunger, and not be able to do
anything," said the 30-year-old. As Venezuela's economic crunch worsens,
food shortages and rising poverty are forcing once middle-class Venezuelans to
do the unthinkable: let their pets starve or abandon them in the streets. More…
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