28/10/2024
IT IS A CRISIS!
"Nearly a million more pets are crowding the nation’s animal shelters and facilities compared to three years ago, with more dogs than cats euthanized last year for the first time since one major animal advocacy organization began tracking those figures in 2016.
Shelter and rescue populations in the U.S. have surged by 900,000 overall since January 2021, and more than 359,000 DOGS were EUTHANIZED in 2023, marking a five-year peak, according to animal advocacy group Shelter Animals Count. Meanwhile, 330,000 CATS were EUTHANIZED last year.
“We are trying to empty a river of unwanted pets with a small bucket,” said Kelley Kimble, president of Briscoe Animal Resource Center in Uvalde, Texas."
