In 2005, only 11 percent of cats and dogs entering the city's
animal control shelter survived, compared with 82 percent in 2017.
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Early in his career, he was helping 50 local rescue groups as their supervising veterinarian, where he saw many
shelters and rescues give up because of lack of money to
survive — and where euthanasia was the only option to
control a population of homeless
animals.