Sentences with phrase «cats than dogs entering»

More cats than dogs enter shelters, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and 70 percent of shelter cats end up euthanized, compared to just half of shelter dogs.

Not exact matches

The age at which these changes occur is variable, with small dogs and cats usually entering their senior years later than larger dogs.

Approximately 5 - 7 million dogs and cats enter animal shelters annually [1]; and in some communities more than half are euthanized.

Last year, more than 56,000 dogs and cats entered Los Angeles City shelters.

Out of the 8 - 10 million cats and dogs that entered shelters last year, more than half were euthanized, San Antonio Pets Alive!

As recently as 2008, the shelter killed more than 60 % of the dogs and cats that entered.

Preventing these dogs and cats from entering our shelters takes a different set of tools than the tools we use to keep lost pets from entering our shelters (ID tags, educating the community about search methods, etc.).

That number is down from 74 percent in 2002 (the year the Mayor's Alliance was formed), when 31,908 of the more than 40,000 dogs and cats entering NYC's Animal Care & Control (AC&C) shelters were euthanized.

Out of the estimated six million to eight million dogs and cats entering animal shelters each year, 30 percent of dogs are reclaimed by owners compared to less than 5 percent of cats, according to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

More than a quarter million dogs and cats enter Canadian animal shelters every year and more than 100,000 are euthanized — that's about one animal every 5 minutes.

Each year in Richland and Lexington Counties more than 13,800 dogs and cats enter two main municipal shelters, and each year over 6,000 of those same dogs and cats are put to death.

Still the result is homeless animals that have to be euthanized because there are more dogs and cats entering shelters than there are people willing to provide them with loving care.

Adoptions through special programs, including the Home 4 the Holidays program sponsored by the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe, California, have actually declined lately ---- but because far fewer cats and dogs are entering shelters than 10, 20, and 30 years ago, many cats and dogs who previously would have had no chance to be rehomed are now receiving the remedial and promotional help they need to be adopted.

When dogs and cats enter the senior years, these health examinations are more important than ever.

Out of the estimated six million to eight million dogs and cats entering animal shelters each year, 30 % of dogs are reclaimed by owners compared to less than 5 % of cats, according to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

Only a holistic approach will reduce the number of animals entering Greenville County Animal Care and increase adoptions over euthanasia, say shelter officials and a nonprofit devoted to helping open - admission shelters save more than 90 percent of the dogs and cats they house.

Shelter Animals Count — Despite the hard work of shelters and rescues everywhere, it is estimated that millions of dogs and cats enter America's shelters each year, and more than half of them will never leave.

And, since many dogs in shelters are cast - offs from people who purchased them in pet stores or online, banning retail sales helps reduce the number of animals who enter the nation's shelters and, consequently, the number being killed (currently more than 4,100 dogs and cats per day) in our nation's shelters.

According to the No Kill Advocacy Center, shelter killing is the leading cause of death for healthy dogs and cats in the U.S., with «almost half of all animals who enter our nation's shelters going out the back door in garbage bags rather than out the front door in the loving arms of adopters, despite the fact that there are plenty of homes available.»

, the return - to - owner rate for cats was 20 times higher and for dogs 2.5 times higher for microchipped pets than were the rates of return for all stray cats and dogs that had entered a shelter.

According the World Health Organization there are an estimated 200 million stray dogs worldwide.17 Similarly, according the ASPCA there are an estimated 70 million stray cats just in the United States alone.18 These numbers are understandable when you consider that less than 10 % of strays that enter the animal shelters in the US are spayed or neutered and that female cats and dogs tend to have litters of 2 - 6 babies.19