Pets abandoned in public park

[Catherine]

The Halifax Public Gardens has a real problem with abandoned pets. For some reason people have started using the park as a dumping ground for animals they do not want. Sadly, some are not rescued in time and they do not make it. Even if they are rescued the experience is frightening.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scoti...-1.4271416

I don't know why people get a pet and can't look after it for its whole life. If they do need to give it up, why can't they find a home or drop the pet off at an animal shelter. They would save the shelters the trouble of trying to rescue the animal if they would just drop it off in the first place. 

I wonder why this park. It doesn't seem like the right place to dump a pet bunny.