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Animal Shelter Statistics | Statistic Brain
Highlights in Red are mine: There are some stats here that are a tad confusing to me:
1) Does this stat mean that 20% of dogs who end up in a shelter originally came from another shelter?
2) Pet store adoption at 6% - well is pretty low - I thought I had read other sources putting it closer to 10% - but still then where are 94% of the dogs coming from?
3) The whopping 65% of folks that get their pets for free or very low cost Whooah!!!! Can this be a correct stat?
Statistic Verification Source: American Humane Society, Born Free U.S.A., Pet FinderResearch Date: July 13th, 2014
Animal shelters house homeless, lost, or abandoned animals, typically cats and dogs. The goal of the modern animal shelter is to provide a safe and caring environment until the animal is either reclaimed by its owner, placed in a new home, or placed with another organization for adoption. Some public animal shelters around the world euthanize animals that are not adopted within a set period of time (usually 1 to 2 weeks); others have a policy of only putting down animals that are in distress due to age or illness. Most private shelters are typically run as no-kill shelters. Most shelters will test the animals to see what type of home would be most suitable for living before they are placed for adoption.<h2>
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https://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v...s/facebook.gif https://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v...bs/twitter.gif https://cache.addthiscdn.com/icons/v1/thumbs/more.gif Animal Shelter Statistics Total number of nationwide animal shelters 5,000Number of companion animals that enter into animal shelters nationwide annually 5 million Average annual number of companion animals that are euthinized at shelters 3.5 million Percent of dogs in animals shelters that are euthanized 60%Percent of cats in animal shelters that are euthanized 70%Percent of cats that are returned to their owners 2%Percent of dogs returned to their owners 15%Total percentage of dogs claimed to be spayed or neutered 78%Total percentage of cats that are claimed to be spayed or neutered 88%Total number of animals that end up in a shelter that are spayed or neutered 10%
Percent of dogs brought to shelters that were adopted by a shelter (1)20%Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from shelters 25%
Total number of dogs and cats that are bought at pet stores (2)6%Percentage of people that get their pets free or at low cost (3)65%Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $2 billion Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25%Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63%Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million