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THE AMERICAN HUMANE SOCIETY REPORTS THAT
ANIMAL SHELTER EUTHANASIA IS SOARING. OF THE
ONE THOUSAND SHELTERS THAT REPLIED TO A
NATIONAL SURVEY, APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT
SEVEN MILLION ANIMALS IN JUST ONE THOUSAND
SHELTERS WERE EUTHANIZED.
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((VO)) Video footage of animals
living in the Animal Control
shelter in Aiken County
((VO)) Video footage of animals
and owners waiting in line at the
clinic to get their animals
neutered at the Animal Control
shelter in Aiken County.
MORE CATS ARE EUTHANIZED BECAUSE THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO NOT HAVE ANY OWNER
IDENTIFICATION. LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF
ANIMALS THAT ENTER SHELTERS ARE REUNITED
WITH THEIR OWNERS.
THE AMERICAN HUMAN SOCIETY BELIEVES THAT
THERE ARE TWO WAYS WE CAN ALL HELP WITH
LOWERING EUTHANASIA RATES. THE FRIST WAY IS
LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTERS PROVIDING CITIZENS
WITH LOW COST SPAY AND NEUTERING CLINICS.
THE SECOND WAY IS CITIZENS PROPERLY
IDENTIFYING THEIR ANIMALS WITH AN
IDENTIFICATION TAG INCLUDING THEIR NAME,
ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER AND PET’S NAME.
((SOT)) Chief Enforcement Officer
standing in front of the Animal
Control facility.
CG: Chief Enforcement Officer,
Bobby Arthurs
((SOT)) “If animals are adopted before we have the chance
to spay and neuter them, we allow the animals to return
when they are older to get fixed.”
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ANIMAL CONTROL WORKS DAILY ON IMPLEMENTING
PROGRAMS TO HELP REDUCE THE ANIMAL
POPULATION PROBLEM IN AIKEN COUNTY.