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Originally Posted by gemy 
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?
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1). That's how I interpreted it too. And personally, I think that 20% stat is on the low side.
2). Perhaps due to education? When you know better, you do better.
3). Definitely. Think of ten people you know, outside of YT or dog groups you belong too, and how many spent more then $100 to buy their dog? The majority of people I know got their dog from a family member or neighbor whose dog had puppies, or they bought it from an ad in the paper (print & online) or they bought from craigslist or ebay classifieds. And most of those people don't get why I bought ZoE. Their perception is I was ripped off or have money to burn, because they have a dog and I have a dog, only I paid ten times more than them.