ANIMAL SURRENDER AND SHELTER INTAKE FACTS

HEY GUYS! 🐾

MY MOM WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE RESEARCH THAT SHE FOUND REGARDING PET ADOPTION STATISTICS FOR ANIMAL SURRENDER AND SHELTER INTAKE.

-  6.3 MILLION ANIMALS (CATS AND DOGS) ENTER THE SHELTERS EACH YEAR. THAT'S AROUND 17,260 ANIMALS THAT ENTER A SHELTER ON A DAILY BASIS.

-  JUST OVER 4 MILLION (CATS AND DOGS) ARE ADOPTED EACH YEAR.

-  SADLY, 920,000 ANIMALS THAT ARE SURRENDERED ANNUALLY ARE EUTHANIZED, OF WHICH 670,000 ARE DOGS,

-  THE MOST COMMON DOG BREED IN A SHELTER ARE PITBULLS, FOLLOWED BY LABRADOR RETRIEVERS, GERMAN SHEPHERDS, DASCHHUNDS, CHIHUAHUAS AND BOXERS.

-  SOME OF THE COMMON REASONS THAT ANIMALS ARE SURRENDERED: DEATH OF AN OWNER, HOUSING ISSUES, FINANCES, AND AGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR.

-  THE RATE OF ADOPTION IS HIGHER FOR PUPPIES THAT ADULT DOGS.

-  THERE ARE OVER 70 MILLION PETS (DOGS OR CATS) THAT CURRENTLY LIVE AS STRAYS IN THE UNITED STATES. 

-  STATISTICS SHOW THAT OVER 10 MILLION ANIMALS DIE EACH YEAR AS A RESULT OF ABUSE AND DOGS MAKE UP 65% OF THIS FIGURE. 

-  THE TIME AN ANIMAL STAYS IN A SHELTER BEFORE BEING EUTHAIZED DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SHELTER. SOME SHELTERS HAVE A 5-DAY HOLD POLICY WITH EUTHANIZATION ON THE SIXTH DAY AND OTHERS HAVE 3 DAY HOLD POLICY. THE NO-KILL SHELTERS OFFER A PERMANENT SHELTER FOR THEIR ANIMALS. 

-  CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, NORTH CAROLINA, FLORIDA, AND LOUISIANA KILL MORE THAN 50% OF ALL DOGS AND CATS IN THE UNITED STATES.

- THE MAIN REASON ANIMALS IN SHELTERS ARE BEING EUTHANIZED IS DUE TO OVERCROWDING AND SHELTERS CANNOT SUSTAIN THESE ANIMIALS. SADLY, THEY ARE PUT TO SLEEP.

THESE STATISTICS ARE SOME OF THE EYE OPENING REASONS THAT THERE IS A PET CRISIS IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY. MORE ANIMALS ARE BEING SURRENDERED THAN ADOPTED. UNFORTANELY, MANY OF THESE ANIMALS THAT ARE EUTHANIZED IN OUR SHELTERS, COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FOSTER CARE OR A FOREVER HOME. EVEN WITH AN INCREASE OF NO-KILL SHELTERS, CHANGES STILL NEED TO BE MADE. WE CAN DO THIS BY FOSTERING OR ADOPTING. IF THIS IS NOT AN OPTION, THAN CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING AT YOUR LOCAL SHELTER AS THEY CAN USE THE HELP. SHELTERS ALWAYS NEED DONATIONS, OR FOOD AND PET SUPPLIES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY...GET THE WORD OUT AND SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE SHELTER PETS IN NEED OF RESCUE OR ADOPTION, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE DUE TO BE EUTHANIZED.  

 {Source: https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/pet-adoption-statistics/}

CHEWY MAN AND FAMILY 🐶