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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]
The Humane Society of the United States estimates that 2.4 million healthy, adoptable cats and dogs are euthanized each year in the US because of a lack of homes. [3] Animal protection advocates campaign for adoption instead of buying animals in order to reduce the number of animals who have to be euthanized.
One of those kids was a 16-year-old boy named Samuel who had spent the prior six years in foster care. Samuel told Hoda that he yearned for a family that was “warm and whole and just together.”
Concern for animal welfare resurges in the 1950s, resulting in the federal Humane Slaughter Act [10] and the Animal Welfare Act. [11] 1966-2016: Intensive animal agriculture continues to grow, with the number of land animals slaughtered for food in the U.S. growing from 2.4 billion in 1965 to 9.2 billion in 2015. [12]
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Adoption is today practiced globally. The table below provides a snapshot of Western adoption rates. Adoption in the United States still occurs at rates nearly three times those of its peers even though the number of children awaiting adoption has held steady in recent years, between 100,000 and 125,000 during the period 2009 to 2018. [49]
International Animal Rescue (IAR) is a British wildlife protection and conservation non-profit organization. [1] IAR aims to protect and mitigate the threats to wildlife and habitats. The IAR performs hands-on rescue when necessary to reduce the suffering of animals, and such animals will be rehabilitated and returned to the wild if possible.
These animals are normally released back into the wild where possible, otherwise they will remain in captivity and may be used in breeding for an endangered species. Widely recognized as an umbrella organization for animal rescue groups, Petfinder.org is an online, searchable database of more than 13,000 shelters and adoption agencies across ...