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End Devastating Dog Overpopulation
Between six and eight million cats and dogs enter animal shelters every year in the United States, but only half of these poor animals make it out alive. Everyday new strays and disposed dogs arrive, yet there is not enough to house them all, leaving no choice but to end their short little journeys. While impossible to verify the number of stray dogs living in the United States, there are reportedly an approximate 60 million dogs belonging to owners. Of these dogs 15 - 20% of purchased from dog breeders, 10 - 20% adopted from shelters and rescue organizations, and 2 - 10% coming from pet shops. Only 10% of the animals taken in by shelters have been spayed or neutered and with a fertile dog on average producing one litter of 4-6 puppies per year the dog overpopulation problem continues to manifest. With the average cost of food, supplies, medical care and training for a dog between $400-$700 annually, it is even more appalling that it costs less to spay or neuter a dog then raising puppies for one year.
Adopt animals from shelters, spay and neuter all pets, outfit pets with current identification tags, provide proper obedience training, and keep dogs safely confined at home, in the yard, on a leash or in sight. If you have room in your heart and in your home consider saving a life by adopting a loving dog or companion animal from the shelter. And if you are absolutely determined to have a particular dog breed please adopt from a breed rescue organization. Every dog’s life is meaningful and irreplaceable, and every single dog's life distroyed is truly a disgrace. Overpopulation Statistics Referenced from HSUS.org |
There's a loving gracious place in your community where the hungry are fed, the homeless are sheltered, and the discarded are embraced. But tragically, the kennel cages of America’s animal shelters are filled to capacity with abandoned, lost, and unwanted dogs.