Only 1 out of every 10 dogs born will find a permanent home.
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Top 5 Facts About Animal Homelessness
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The main reasons animals are in shelters - owners give them up, or animal control finds them on the street.
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Homeless animals outnumber homeless people 5 to 1.
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Each year, approximately 2.7 million dogs and cats are killed every year because shelters are too full and there aren't enough adoptive homes.
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Approximately 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately 3.9 million are dogs and 3.4 million are cats.
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According to the National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (NCPPSP), less than 2% of cats and only 15 to 20% of dogs are returned to their owners.
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25 percent of dogs that enter local shelters are purebred.
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About twice as many animals enter shelters as strays compared to the number that are relinquished by their owners.
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It's impossible to determine how many stray dogs and cats live in the United States. Estimates for cats alone range up to 70 million.
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Only 10% of the animals received by shelters have been spayed or neutered. Overpopulation, due to owners letting their pets accidentally or intentionally reproduce, sees millions of these “excess”
