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Tyneside rescue home says people are having to give up their pets

A rescue home for guinea pigs in North Tyneside says the cost-of-living crisis has led to more people giving up their pets than they are able to re-home.

Gertie's Lonely Guinea Pig Rescue, in North Shields, has helped 650 guinea pigs in the six years since it opened, at a cost of about £17,000 a year.

Nationwide, more than double the number of pets have been handed in to rescue centres this year compared to last year.

Video produced by Lewis Reed.

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