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Originally Posted by CO_yorkie_momma  a 97% kill rate is alarming any way you look at it. 12 adoptions in 2006? They get milions donated to them. Cant some of these dogs that are unhealthy be treated instead of put down? |
9,600,000 pets are euthanized every year....and mostly by Humane Assn's. Humane assn's get tier 1, 2, and 3 animals (3 being those who are euthanized immediately) - hence, their 64% rate of euthanasia. PETA gets almost exclusively tier 3 animals - hence, their higher euthanasia rate. It's really that simple. (tier 3 animals, btw, are those who are critically injured, critically ill, and/or violent toward humans and not able to rehabilitate)