For years, animal shelters have seen an increasing number of homeless animals and a rising
euthanasia rate due to too few adoptions.
Philadelphia shelters have a very high
euthanasia rate due to overcrowding — during spring / summer, about 70 % of surrendered cats and kittens never leave the shelter, including pets surrendered by former owners.
SB DAWG: We are able to lower
the euthanasia rate due to our willingness and ability to rehabilitate, both medically and behaviorally.
The CanINE Express Transport Project humanely transports shelter dogs from south central Indiana — areas with extreme pet overpopulation and high
euthanasia rates due to kennel overcrowding — to shelters in areas in our country where there is a need for well - socialized, healthy dogs.
Oklahoma suffers from even worse
euthanasia rates due to our severe pet overpopulation problem.
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Due to the stress caused by travel and low survival
rates of relocated deer, we believe
euthanasia is the most humane option.
These discriminatory laws, however, continue to plague the breed leading to extremely high
euthanasia rates across the U.S. Thousands of family pets have been euthanized
due to BSL; today, there are at least 700 cities that have passed some level of BSL.
Our goal is to decrease
euthanasia rates and pet surrender
due to a pet owner's inability to afford care for their pet.
Due to efforts by AnimalSave and other local animal welfare groups over the years, the
euthanasia rate at the local shelter has dropped from 70 percent to 2 percent.
In parts of Australia,
euthanasia rates have been reduced by more than half,
due in part to the G2Z sheltering model.
Reasons for the downturn in
euthanasia rates is likely
due to better animal recovery because of microchip technology, fewer animals being surrendered, as well as higher overall adoption
rates.