The biggest reason I do not buy animals from a pet store or a breeder is because
thousands of animals die in shelters every day and breeders / pet stores just add to the huge overpopulation problem we have in the US.
Thousands of animals die in California shelters each week.
Just think - maybe sugar gliders are bred here now but first they had to be captured in the wild and smuggled into the country -
thousands of animals die this way every year but its just considered «the cost of doing business.»
During droughts,
thousands of animals die at these fences trying to reach water.
Every year
thousands of animals die of illness, injury, starvation, and heat stress on board ships that can turn into «floating ovens».
Not exact matches
Campaigns against the practices
of fast - food chains and the campaign to ban battery cages, which have been heavily supported by the hard work
of tens
of thousands of grassroots activists, have improved the living and
dying conditions
of millions
of animals.
Thousands of people
die from adverse effects
of medicines that have been tested on
animals.
Thousands of animals have
died in the region over the past 18 -LSB-...]
2 If you are a creationist, crude oil was formed by
thousands of years
of heat and pressure applied to the carcasses
of plants and
animals that
died in the Great Flood.
Every year
thousands of animals are euthanized or sent home to
die because the people who love them can not financially absorb the cost
of veterinary care.
Hurricane Katrina was a disaster that displaced not only
thousands of people but displaced many
animals and unfortunately many
died along with their owners.
But, what really happens every day at Spay Oklahoma is what will not happen later — the birth
of thousands of unwanted puppies and kittens, who usually end up homeless and hungry, neglected, injured, diseased — another statistic to
die on the streets or be «put down» at the Tulsa
Animal Control facility.
I learned about a whole range
of things you'd never expect to have to know, including, but not limited to, house training, nail clipping, aggression, barking, allergies (her allergies cost me a couple
thousand dollars in vet bills over the years), interactions between a variety
of people and
animals, and what happens when they get very old and when it is appropriate to let them
die.
Thousands of animals became sick and many
died from the invisible toxin, bringing the use
of gluten to the forefront
of concerned pet owners.
Tens
of thousands of unwanted
animals die in Arizona shelters each year.
The
animal may
die soon after purchase or end up costing the consumer hundreds or
thousands of dollars in veterinarian bills.
3) Atlanta Humane Society imports
thousands of animals while others
die down the street — this is why I think we need to put more focus on no kill communities than no kill shelters
Halo Circle gifts are extremely special to AAUPR because they help to ensure the future sustainability
of our rescue organization, and make happy endings possible for
thousands of animals who, otherwise, would have
died prematurely in shelters throughout the state
of Georgia.
But change is so long in coming and, in the meantime, hundreds
of thousands of animals are
dying every year — unnecessarily.
by: Teri Errico Despite Charleston County becoming a No Kill Community, tens
of thousands of animals in other areas
of South Carolina are
dying needlessly due to a lack
of sheltering, medical availability and community support.
This includes the spay and neuter
of the puppy you purchase, which proves that you do not wish, as a responsible pet owner, not to be contributing to the ever growing crisis
of thousands of unwanted companion
animals that
die daily in shelters across our land due to the lack
of homes.
Even when it was caught in a financial crisis and on the verge
of shutting down, the shelter did not give up or shut its doors: «We simply refuse to allow that to happen for the sake
of the
thousands of animals who would be left helpless and
dying on the streets
of Delhi,» says Geeta Seshamani.
Every year in North Carolina
thousands of pets
die in
animal shelters because there aren't enough homes for all
of them.
They coordinated the rescue
of hundreds, if not
thousands,
of animals that would've
died during the horrendous flooding our city suffered.
And what so many stories are sorely missing is this piece
of the puzzle — that by promoting the idea
of the «purebred dog,» the National Dog Show is doing a grand disservice to the millions
of animals that enter the shelter system every year —
thousands of which (5,500 dogs, to be exact)
die each day in the U.S.
You may have heard in the news, hundreds
of dogs have
died and
thousands are sick due to jerky treats made in China, as per American federal
animal health officials (this was released 10/22/13).
Despite Charleston County becoming a No Kill Community, tens
of thousands of animals in other areas
of South Carolina are
dying needlessly due to a lack
of sheltering, medical availability and community support.
No Kill South Carolina —
Thousands of animals are
dying across South Carolina, because
of a lack
of space or a lack
of dollars.
«How can we turn our heads when tens
of thousands of animals are
dying in South Carolina every day?
Andrew Sykes do you know how many
thousands of animals, plants etc have
died each year through factory farming and how many become extinct due to humans??
Every year
thousands of animals are euthanized or
die because the people who love them can not financially absorb the cost
of veterinary care.
The
animals spend the majority
of their solitary lives near the shoreline, but swim
thousands of miles to the deep ocean when biologically called to spawn, and, ultimately
die after their final progenerative act.
Thousands of animals, from small finches to great white sharks,
die grisly deaths from eating and getting caught in plastic: