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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:
We don't have the exact number of
people that entered the
Cat Café yet, but it was estimated at approximately 500 per day and 2,000
people total for the four - day event.
To date, Urban Resource Institute's
People and Animals Living Safely program has served 52 families with 75 pets; in
total, 42
cats, 25 dogs, six turtles, one betta fish and one bearded dragon.