US Shelter
Stats
- There are about 5,000 independent animal shelters nationwide here in the USA.
- About 5-7 MILLION pets enter an animal shelter each year here in the USA.
- About 3-4 MILLION pets are euthanized each year.
- 60% of the dogs brought to a shelter are killed each year here in our country!
- 25% of dogs that enter shelters are purebreds.
- In the USA, about 62% of all households have a pet.
- There are currently about 78.2 million dogs owned in the USA.
Will
you be the next to adopt from a shelter?
This is my puppy the day we adopted her from a shelter.
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