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In 2024, dog and cat adoption has gone down 4 percent (or about 82,000 pups) when compared to 2023. Dogs alone have gone down 5 percent (59,000 fewer) and cat adoption has gone down 2 percent ...
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]
Dealing with a population of unwanted domestic animals is a major concern to animal welfare and animal rights groups. Domestic animal overpopulation can be an ecological concern, as well as a financial problem: capturing, impounding and eventual euthanasia costs taxpayers and private agencies millions of dollars each year. [4]
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.
Publication of Gary Francione's Animals, Property, and the Law (1995), arguing that because animals are the property of humans, laws that supposedly require their "humane" treatment and prohibit the infliction of "unnecessary" harm do not provide a significant level of protection for animal interests. [62] 1996 Publication of Gary Francione's ...
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is an American non-profit charitable organization founded by Christine Stevens in 1951 with the goal of reducing suffering inflicted on animals by humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of the oldest animal welfare organizations in the US.
Additionally, approximately 3,000 infants were adopted from outside the U.S. [10] In 2024, the Washington Post estimated that between 1% and 3% of under-18s are adopted. [12] In non-voluntary relinquishments, at any given point in time, approximately 100,000 children are eligible for adoption through the foster care system. [10]
Friends of Animals (FoA) is a non-profit international animal advocacy organization, established in New York City in 1957, working to free animals around the world from cruelty and institutionalized exploitation. [1]