More than 8000
Cats and dogs
will be killed today
Pet Overpopulation?
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Number of people looking for pets annually
Number of Pets entering shelters annually
Number of pets saved annually
21,000,000
8,000,000
4,000,000
Minimum number of savable pets killed
3,000,000
Number of adoption opportunities lost
17,000,000
More than 30 communities nationwide have achieved better than a 90% live
release rate.
The cost of Killing
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Average cost impound killing, disposal
Average revenue generated on killing
$106
$0
Killing = Taxpayer Cost
There is nothing but cost associated with the killing of an animal in a shelter
$66 for impound, $40 to kill and animal.
This is without the immeasurable ethical cost.
The profit of life
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Average impound cost
$66
Average cost until adoption
$30
Average revenue generated on adoption
$100
Average community revenue by a pet annually
$1400
Adoption = Revenue = Less stress on tax revenue
Not only does the shelter generate revenue by life saving practices, the community
benefits with the added local revenue of over $1000 per pet. The average
expenditure for a dog is $1696 and for cats is $1105
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