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Hannah Jeevanayagam
10,578 animals were rescued and/or assisted in 2016 by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Maria Cabrera
According to the Huffington Post only 15% of pet owners reported their lost dog or cat in the past 5 years!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/lost-pet-statistics-survey-dog-cat_n_1662860.html

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Euthanization at animal shelters (Chloe)

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Euthanization at animal shelters (Chloe)

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In just North Carolina, 250,000 animals are killed anually. That's 700 animals killed daily.
Warning: pictures can be very disturbing:
https://petapixel.com/2013/02/26/disturbing-photos-capture-the-realities-of-euthanization-at-animal-shelters/

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70.1% of animal cruelty cases in 2011 were of dogs and 20.9% of cases involved cats.

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No-kill shelters started in the 1960s when small, privately funded  groups of caregivers emerged in communities with lots of stray animals, wherein it was common that those strays be euthanized. Also, in the 1930s, the practices of spaying and neutering began to take effect and curb the stray populations to a manageable level by the 1960s. The groups continued to grow, and by the 1990s, the first organizations emerged. No-kill shelters have continued to not only bring down the stray population since then, but have also contributed to those animals' relocation to loving homes.
-Matthew Olliver

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Yentil N
~It's been 20 years since San Francisco helped start a revolution: It became the first U.S. community to guarantee a home to every adoptable dog and cat.
~ The no-kill movement has been credited with greatly reducing the number of dogs and cats that are euthanized, from some 20 million down to about 3 million each year.
~There are an estimated 14,000 shelters and pet rescue groups in the U.S., taking in nearly 8 million animals each year.
~about 700,000 of the 3 million dogs killed each year are, "legitimate euthanizations" — animals that are un-adoptable because of health or behavior.

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Euthanizing of animals by PETA in 2014 (Chloe)

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Euthanizing of animals by PETA in 2014 (Chloe)

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(To euthanize is to  put to death humanely)
In 2014, PETA alone euthanized 2,454 of its 3,369 dogs, cats, and other animals. That's about 73% of all animals taken in.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-animal-homelessness

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Maria Cabrera
According to Do Something it is impossible to know for certain the number of stray cats and dogs here in the United States. An estimate for only cats can go up to 70 million.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-animal-homelessness

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Some Euthanized [to put down]  statistics ;-; (Jere.Jas)

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Some Euthanized [to put down]  statistics ;-; (Jere.Jas)

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In 1997, roughly 64 percent of the total number of animals that entered shelters were euthanized — approximately 2.7 million animals in just these 1,000 shelters. https://www.americanhumane.org/fact-sheet/animal-shelter-euthanasia-2/

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As many as 30 million Americans add a new animal to their households every year. We do not have a “pet overpopulation” problem. The problem is when shelters compete for the market share of homes. If they keep animals alive long enough to find those homes, shelter animals are saved rather than killed.

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Current estimations place the annual save rate of animals placed in shelters in the US to be around 69%; however, by 2025, legislation could be enacted which would require this number be increased to 90%.
-Matthew Olliver

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Austin Pham: In the US, there are 14,000 shelters and pet rescue groups that take in about 8 million animals each year.

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Every year, two to three million cats and dogs in animal shelters are euthanized due to overcrowdedness of shelters and many of them are still young and healthy.

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American Humane (@AmericanHumane) | Twitter

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The latest Tweets from American Humane (@AmericanHumane). Founded in 1877, American Humane is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. Washington D.C.

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Hannah Jeevanayagam
Furkids has rescued and altered more than 25,000 animals since its founding in 2002.

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Austin Pham:
Characteristics of Pets Being Relinquished

Approximately half of the pets (42.8% of dogs; 50.8% of cats) surrendered were not neutered. Many of the pets relinquished (33% of dogs; 46.9% of cats) had not been to a veterinarian.

Most dogs (96%) had not received any obedience training.

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Yentil N
~Houston is home to a growing stray dog population estimated at about 1.2 million homeless dogs, but the city isn’t doing a whole lot about it.

~With over 130 calls to help dogs each day, animal control is only able to respond to 36 a day.

~The city's Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care says it is going to take at least 15 more animal control officers just meet 50% of every day calls to help dogs. It is estimated $3.3 million a year will be needed for support staff, supplies and additional officers.

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About one, healthy adoptable dog or cat in U.S. animal shelters is put down every 13 seconds. Spay/neuter is a way to reduce pet overpopulation, ensuring that every pet will have a family to love them.

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- Only about 10% of dogs born will find a forever home.
- Homeless pets outnumber humans 5:1
- About 2.7 million dogs and cats are killed every year due to overpopulation in shelters.
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-animal-homelessness

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Abbey Tilson
One mating between two cats can allow the female cat to have an average of four kittens, which will each have about four kittens, which will each have approximately four kittens, resulting in over fifty kittens in about sixteen months.

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In the U.S. 6 to 8 million dogs and cats enter shelters every year.

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Some good news on lost pet statistics! (Jere.Jas)

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Some good news on lost pet statistics! (Jere.Jas)

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Findings of First National Lost Pet Survey

Among the key findings:

Only 15 percent of pet guardians reported a lost dog or cat in the past five years.

Percentages of lost dogs versus lost cats were nearly identical: 14 percent for dogs and 15 percent for cats.

93 percent of dogs and 75 percent of cats reported lost were returned safely to their homes.

Only 6 percent of dog owners and 2 percent of cat owners found their lost pets at shelters.

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Animal Shelter Statistics - Aznella Joseph

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Animal Shelter Statistics - Aznella Joseph

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Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from shelters : 25%

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Maria Cabrera
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, out of all United States households 44% have dogs as pets and 35% have cats as pets. (https://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics)

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This year we placed 95.2 percent of the animals in our care, up dramatically from 59 percent just a decade ago.

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Abbey Tilson

Each day 10,000 humans and 70,000 puppies are born in the United States. That means there are 15 dogs and 45 cats to every one human in the US.

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American Humane (@AmericanHumane) | Twitter

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The latest Tweets from American Humane (@AmericanHumane). Founded in 1877, American Humane is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. Washington D.C.

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There are approximately 14,000 no-kill animal shelters and pet rescue groups in the United States, which take in a combined 8 million animals each year; however, shelters can euthanize up to 10% of their animals and still be considered "no-kill shelters."
-Matthew Olliver

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Hannah Jeevanayagam
Every year, about 1.5 million shelter animals (670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats) are euthanized, meaning that they are "put to death humanely".

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Abbey Tilson
Every year, approximately 3.7 million animals are euthanized at shelters due to the fact that there are not enough people willing to adopt.

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(http://petfbi.org/tag/lost-pet-statistics/)
The recovery rate of cats being reclaimed from shelters are around 2-5% :( In Franklin county over 6000 cats were admitted to the shelter! (Jere.Jas)

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Approximately 2 million homeless dogs and cats are killed annual in America's shelters, or 5,500 everyday.

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The no-kill movement reduce the # of animals killed from 20 million to 3 million each year.
-Austin Pham

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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(www.aspca.org, 2017)

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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(www.aspca.org, 2017)

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states that 6.5 million

companion animals enter animal shelters every year.

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Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, Inc. is operated by 98% volunteers.

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The Gwinnett Humane Society (www.gwinnetthumane.com, 2017)

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The Gwinnett Humane Society (www.gwinnetthumane.com, 2017)

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receives no government funding. They rely solely on donations from individuals and companies to support programs and on volunteers who donate their time and energy.