Lexis Ly
Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC Animal Welfare Program; animal welfare researcher specializing in companion animal sheltering, owner relinquishment, and One Welfare approaches.
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May 29, 2026
Amy MorrisHOST
And so I'm really excited to hear what are some of the challenges that people can face that are leading them to surrender a companion animal.
Lexis LyGUEST
In our study, the analysis that we did separated our sample into three different groups.
Lexis LyGUEST
One being the new acquisitions who had these early ownership challenges, maybe with incompatibility with another pet in the home.
Lexis LyGUEST
But there was also a group that were facing owner hardships, and this group was actually more likely to respond that they were facing multiple different types of owner hardships.
Lexis LyGUEST
So that could be like a short-term personal crisis or like a long-term life change, like moving or having a new job.
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