Nigerians abandon their pets due to cost-of-living crisis
Pet owners are struggling with the rising cost of living in the West African nation.
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Fighting back tears, he says: "I can't afford to take care of him. I can't afford to feed him the way he should be fed."
His two-year old American Eskimo barks as his owner turns his back and walks out of the St Mark's Animal Rescue Foundation in the Lagos suburb of Ajah.
Dr Mark Afua, a vet and chairman of the rescue centre, takes Hanks and puts him in a big metal cage - one of many in the single-storey building designed for dogs, cats, snakes and other animals.
Hanks wheels around in circles in his cage - and Dr Afua tries to calm the distressed fluffy-haired dog.
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