Sentences with phrase «percent of lost pets»

Without identification, 90 percent of lost pets never return home.

Thirty to 60 percent of lost pets in traditional shelters are euthanized because they can not be properly identified and returned to their owner.

Not exact matches

Overall, the study revealed that 66 percent of dogs showed four or more behavioural changes after losing a pet companion.

Despite a bleak economy, the percentage of pets in homes that were adopted from animal shelters and rescue groups has risen from 27 percent to 29 percent in the last two years, with the number of healthy and treatable pets losing their lives for lack of a home dropping from 3 million to 2.7 million.

When a pet is lost and brought to the animal shelter, 98 percent of pets go home safely because of the identification on their license tag.

Among those employed, 64 percent of pet parents reported that giving up their pet would be worse than losing their jobs.

Late in 2010, Dr. Margaret Slater, Dr. Linda Lord and I conducted a piece of research focused on learning more about the frequency of pets getting lost, as well as the percents of those animals then recovered.

More than 20 percent of the pets that come to the Maryland SPCA are lost.

Regular weigh - ins are still crucial and the pet should not lose more than two percent of body weight per week.

Studies show that three percent of America's 165 million pets, or 4.5 million dogs and cats, are lost every year; approximately one million never return home.

Studies have shown more than 10 million pets get lost each year and approximately 90 percent of those found would not have been returned to their owners without some form of permanent lost pet identification.

«As a result of these efforts, 83 percent of household dogs are neutered, and tens of thousands carry microchips or tattoos that help shelters return lost pets to their owners,» Strand said.

The 31 percent increase in the live - release rate is due to the CAA staff's determination to increase the return of lost pets to their owners, promote in - shelter adoptions and build relationships with local and out - of - state rescue operations.

And a 2006 study published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association found that cats and owners are 13 times more likely to be reunited by nonshelter means, like «lost pet» signs in the surrounding neighborhood, and that 60 percent of roaming cats return home on their own.

It is estimated there is a 30 percent uptick on July 5 of lost pets.

The microchip, detected by a scanner found at all area animal shelters and veterinarian offices, enables the Humane Society of Missouri to increase reunions between lost pets with their owners by nearly 75 percent.

• According to the survey, 58 percent of owners and 54 percent of veterinary professionals said they tried to help their own pet lose weight.

«Without identification, the chance of recovering a lost pet drops below 10 percent,» says Eric Bremner, CEO of Red Dingo, Inc..