•
Total number of nationwide
animal shelters 5,000 • Number of companion
animals that
enter into
animal shelters nationwide annually 5 million • Average annual number of companion
animals that are euthinized at
shelters 3.5 million • Percent of dogs in
animals shelters that are euthanized 60 % • Percent of cats in
animal shelters that are euthanized 70 % • Percent of cats that are returned to their owners 2 % • Percent of dogs returned to their owners 15 % •
Total percentage of dogs claimed to be spayed or neutered 78 % •
Total percentage of cats that are claimed to be spayed or neutered 88 % •
Total number of
animals that end up in a
shelter that are spayed or neutered 10 % • Percent of dogs brought to
shelters that were adopted by a
shelter 20 % • Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from
shelters 25 % •
Total number of dogs and cats that are bought at pet stores 6 % • Percentage of people that get their pets free or at low cost 65 % • Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless
animals $ 2 billion •
Total percentage of dogs in
shelters that are purebred 25 % •
Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion
animal 63 % •
Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion
animal 70 million • Tags:
There will always be more
animals than there are homes until there is a reduction in the
TOTAL UNIVERSE of animals needing homes — not just the number of animals entering shelters — and TOTAL supply balances total de
TOTAL UNIVERSE of
animals needing homes — not just the number of
animals entering shelters — and
TOTAL supply balances total de
TOTAL supply balances
total de
total demand.