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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 ...
A 2009 report by the Humane Society of the United States entitled "Animal Sheltering Trends in the U.S." found that on average communities spend $8.00 per capita on animal shelters. [ 8 ] In November 2010 an investigation by Eyewitness News entitled "Allegations of neglect at city animal shelter" [ 9 ] claimed that care and exercise were being ...
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]
A significant part of that is the Companion Healthcare Market estimated to be as large as $22.25 billion in 2023 and is expected to rise to $22.7 billion by 2024 and $61.6 billion by 2033, with a CAGR of 10.6%. [8] The boost of the market primarily has to do with an increase in the adoption of companion animals. [9]
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]
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.
Petfinder operates the largest online pet adoption website serving all of North America. [2] [3] The company reports that it currently lists “more than 315,000 adoptable pets from nearly 14,000 animal shelters and rescue groups.” [2] A commercial enterprise founded in 1996, it is now owned by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company and reports that it has facilitated more than 22 million pet ...
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