Upon learning that half of the featured pups were adopted, Coldwell Banker set out on a mission to make a difference for
the millions of adoptable pets around the country in need of a loving home.
Millions of adoptable pets enter US animal shelters every year, and free - roaming cat populations are growing exponentially in both urban and rural communities.
«When I found out that
millions of adoptable pets had been euthanized, I couldn't turn my back on them,» Rose - Solomon wrote for the Humane Society University.
Millions of adoptable pets will lose their lives in 2017, according to Mike Arms, President and CEO of Helen Woodward Animal Center.
Not exact matches
«With three to four
million pets still euthanized across the nation each year, we created the Rescue Waggin» program to help shelters achieve their goals
of getting more
adoptable pets placed into good homes — wherever those homes may be,» says Susana Della Maddalena, Executive Director
of PetSmart Charities.
The result is the euthanasia
of millions of perfectly
adoptable pets.
Only 20 percent
of dogs are adopted from animal shelters, and each year, 2.7 to 3
million healthy and
adoptable shelter
pets are euthanized due to situations like shelter overcrowding.
STOP the Overpopulation
of Pets, Inc. believes that spaying and neutering are the ONLY responsible thing to do when a
pet overpopulation crisis is the cause
of millions of healthy,
adoptable pets being killed in U.S. animal controls and humane societies every year.
Four
million adoptable pets are euthanized every year in the United States because they aren't adopted — that's half
of the 8
million pets that land in shelters each year.
It is about
millions of people coming together nationwide to find loving homes for
adoptable pets.
There is no reason to buy a dog from a
pet store when
millions of adoptable dogs are waiting for forever homes in a shelter nearby.
Requiring
pet stories to offer rescues helps save the lives
of the
millions of adoptable animals who are put down each year in overcrowded shelters.
Each year
millions of healthy and potentially
adoptable pets are euthanized for lack
of ownership or residence; the most palpable manifestation
of this is witnessed at local municipal or private animal shelters (Salman et al., 1998).
«Shelter overpopulation results in the repugnant euthanasia
of approximately 4
million adoptable pets every year in the U.S. that our careless actions bring into being in the first place.
With just a click an
adoptable dog or cat's photo can be shared to
millions of potential
pet parents, making it easier than ever — in theory — for
pets to find forever homes.
Every year, 5 to 8
million homeless
pets are cared for by our nation's shelters, with a staggering 3 to 4
million of those
pets euthanized, even though the overwhelming majority
of them are considered to be healthy and
adoptable.
Four
million of them — or about 11,000
adoptable pets every day — will be euthanized.
Every year
millions of homeless
adoptable pets are surrendered to kill shelters across the country.
«
Millions of beautiful,
adoptable pets will lose their lives in 2017,» states Mike Arms, President and CEO
of Helen Woodward Animal Center.
Just 30 %
of pets in US households come from rescue facilities, yet each year over 2.7
million healthy,
adoptable, shelter animals lose their lives without ever finding a home.
The non-profit PetSmart Charities has just launched Share a Pic, Save a Pet which allows you to help save the lives
of the nearly 8
million homeless
pets in the U.S., transforming your own individual profile to alert your friends, family and followers about
adoptable pets in your own community.
At the same time, around eighty percent
of dog owners — almost seventy
million — choose to leave those fully
adoptable shelter dogs for dead, and instead contribute even further to the problem by purchasing their family
pet from a breeder.
According to the Humane Society
of the United States, nearly 2.7
million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized each year in the United States simply because too many people give up their
pets, and too few people adopt from shelters.
There are
millions of healthy,
adoptable animals waiting for homes in shelters and the
pet store industry not only prevents these needy animals from finding a forever home, but also perpetuates the idea that dogs and cats can be bought and sold like inanimate objects.