The
love for all living creatures
is the most noble attribute
of mankind.
–Charles Darwin
"4 - 5 million dogs and cats are
killed
in U.S. shelters each year."
Animal control agencies and shelters receive approximately 6-10 million animals annually. Those who are not adopted within about a week -- some 4-5 million of them -- are killed either by a painless lethal injection or by undesirable methods like carbon monoxide or decompression chambers. An estimated eight to ten million dogs and cats are surrendered to our nation's animal shelters each year. Some are reclaimed by their owners, and many are adopted out to new homes. Sadly, though, an estimated four to five million are euthanized. Millions more never make it to the shelter. Instead, they are given away, put on a chain in the backyard or, worse still, abandoned. |
Up to 10 million healthy animals are killed in U.S. pounds and shelters every year. The killing could easily be prevented by spaying and neutering. Euthanasia is the single largest cause of death for dogs and cats in the U.S. Each day, an estimated 70,000 puppies and kittens are born (25.5 million a year). Six to ten million we classify as "surplus" and kill. These numbers do not include the millions of dead dogs and cats whose bodies we scrape off the streets, or the hundreds of thousands of abandoned, severely neglected or abused ones who never make it to our shelters to be counted and killed. The six to ten million figure represents those we "must" kill because they are unwanted. Most of these animals are young and healthy; in fact, it is estimated that a majority are less than one year of age. – The Fund for Animals. |
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