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  2. Overpopulation of domestic pets - Wikipedia

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    There is no national organization monitoring these shelters", and "no government institution or animal organization is responsible for tabulating national statistics for the animal protection movement." [11] However, national estimates are provided of 7.6 million animals entering shelters each year, with 2.7 million of them euthanized. [11]

  3. America's animal shelters are overcrowded with pets from ...

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    Shelter Animals Count, a national database of shelter statistics, estimates that the U.S. shelter population grew by nearly a quarter-million animals in 2023. Shelter operators say they’re in ...

  4. 'We're inundated': Animal shelters across the U.S. are ... - AOL

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    Animal shelters are dealing with an influx of dogs and cats since the pandemic lockdown, and the overcrowded conditions are leading to higher euthanasia rates.

  5. Kitten season is here and it's putting a strain on shelters ...

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    Roughly 1.6 million of the 3.3 million cats entering organizations in 2023 were under 5 months old, according to Shelter Animals Count, a national database for animal shelter statistics.

  6. Animal shelter - Wikipedia

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    A high kill shelter euthanizes many of the animals they take in; a low kill shelter euthanizes few animals and usually operates programs to increase the number of animals that are released alive. A shelter's live release rate is the measure of how many animals leave a shelter alive compared to the number of animals they have taken in.

  7. Abandoned pets - Wikipedia

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    Some pets relinquished to an animal shelter will be euthanized due to a lack of space or financial resources. [6] Millions of companion animals enter animal shelters every year in the United States. [7] However, the number of dogs and cats euthanized in US shelters declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011 to 1.5 million in 2018.

  8. Nashville animal shelter faces overcrowding, waives dog ... - AOL

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    According to a 2023 report by Shelter Animals Count, a national database of shelter statistics, “900,000 animals have entered and lingered in [the] nation’s shelters and rescues since January ...

  9. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first Humane Societies and Societies for the Protection of Animals (SPCAs) were formed starting in the late 1860s to run animal shelters and promote the enforcement of animal cruelty laws. [5] The American anti-vivisection movement began in response to the opening of the first animal laboratories in the 1860s and 70s.