"Battersea is now receiving calls every day from animal lovers who feel they have no option but to give up their cherished pets because they can no longer afford rising vet bills, they've been made redundant, they've been made homeless, or face imminent eviction, " it said.
Sure enough, Mr. Hare's unhappy lovers embody England's latter-day class conflicts: Tom (Brian Mani) is a nouveau-riche Thatcherite entrepreneur with a boorish streak, while Kyra (Greta Wohlrabe) is a chastened idealist who has renounced her upper-middle-class background to teach poor children.