Companion Animal Coordinator at Animals Lebanon NGO Rim Sadek pats a rescued cat at the NGO's shelter in Beirut on April 28, 2021. - Tens of thousands of Lebanese have lost their jobs or seen their income reduced to a pittance due to Lebanon's worst economic crisis in decades. As many families struggle to stay afloat, activists say increasingly more pet owners are asking for help to feed or re-home their animals, selling them, or in the worst cases abandoning them. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)