Sentences with phrase «growing numbers of dogs in shelters»
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Nevertheless, the new report is likely to fuel the sometimes vitriolic debate between environmentalists who see free - roaming domestic cats as an invasive species — superpredators whose numbers are growing globally even as the songbirds and many other animals the cats prey on are in decline — and animal welfare advocates who are appalled by the millions of unwanted cats (and dogs) euthanized in animal shelters each year.
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According tot he California Department of Public Health, the number of dogs and cats put together in public shelters grew from 378,445 in 2004 to 432,512 in 2008.
The important role of early sterilization of young dogs and cats began to grow, and the numbers of companion animals entering shelters in some communities began to decline.
The number of dogs living in shelters is steadily growing.