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Originally Posted by megansmomma  For every human born, 7 puppies and kittens are born.
One female cat and her offspring can produce 420,000 cats in 7 years.
One female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in 6 years.
More than 12 MILLION dogs and cats are euthanized in shelters each year. Millions more are abandoned in rural and urban areas.
As many as 25% of dogs entering shelters each year are purebreds.
Approximately 61% of all dogs entering shelters are killed.
Approximately 75% of all cats entering shelters are killed.
It costs approximately $100 to capture, house, feed, and eventually kill each stray animal -- a cost which you, the taxpayer, eventually pay. |
That's the part the always shocks me and I have read it before over and over. My neighbor's dog was abandoned at our subdivision - that's how he got him. He wasn't even a year old yet and there he was abandoned.
