Homeless Dogs And Cats
And recent hurricanes in texas florida and the caribbean have made that toll especially high adding to an already sizable.
Homeless dogs and cats. Dogs and cats left homeless. Homeless dogs and cats warehoused and bled for profit in michigan. The homeless dogs and cats who spend each day fighting for their lives are struggling largely because of people s failure to have their animal companions spayed and neutered resulting in the births of more puppies and kittens into a world that doesn t have enough loving homes for them. Washington it s disaster s hidden toll.
Nationally between 6 and 8 million homeless dogs and cats enter the shelter system each year and more than 50 percent of these 3 to 4 million are euthanized. 6 8 million down from 13 million in 1973 of the 3 million cats and dogs euthanized in shelters each year approximately 2 4 million 80 are healthy and treatable and could have been adopted into new homes. 13 in the parking lot of pets and. The number of dogs and cats euthanized in u s.
This decline can be partially explained by an increase in the percentage of animals adopted and an increase in the number of stray animals successfully returned to their owners. This is a concerning problem since there are at least 70 million stray animals. Statistics on homeless dogs and cats are astounding for every 10 dogs born only one of them will have a forever home. Animal blood resources international abri a captive animal blood bank in stockbridge michigan that perpetually kennels almost 100 dogs and cats has acquired homeless animals from local shelters under the guise of adoption only to warehouse them for months on end while bleeding them repeatedly for profit.
Each year approximately 1 5 million shelter animals are euthanized 670 000 dogs and 860 000 cats. Number of cats and dogs entering shelters each year. Only 1 out of every 10 dogs born will find a permanent home. Each year approximately 2 7 million dogs and cats are killed every year because shelters are too full and there aren t enough adoptive homes.
There are in fact plenty of honorable dog and cat breeders out there. Approximately 3 2 million shelter animals are adopted each year 1 6 million dogs and 1 6 million. With millions euthanized every single. More than 30 pet owners all of them homeless or facing housing insecurity brought their cherished cats and dogs to the free pop up pet care clinic sept.
Shelters annually has declined from approximately 2 6 million in 2011.