Perhaps you may not have thought of this, but the arrival of a new child, the celebration of a new life, is ironically one of the top reasons why companion animals are abandoned.

• 您可能从来没有留意到，当一家人正为小孩的诞生作好准备，庆祝新生命的来临之际，竟然讽刺地是宠物被遗弃的主要时因之一。