As pet shelters hit capacity, more dogs are now euthanized than …
Feb 20, 2024 · 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...
Animal shelters are overwhelmed by abandoned dogs. Here's why.
Jan 9, 2024 · Man's best friend is increasingly being abandoned on the street, often by people facing financial hardships who can no longer afford to feed or house them.
Surge in Unwanted Dogs Fuels ‘Crisis’ Across U.S. Animal Shelters
Jan 8, 2024 · Stray dogs taken in by shelters have risen 6% in the January to November period compared to 2022 and are up about 22% since 2021, according to Shelter Animals Count, which surveys nearly 7,000...
Animal Shelters Across The U.S. Are In Crisis | Canine Journal
Nov 8, 2024 · Here are just a few of the stats I found from Shelter Animals Count, the nation’s leading organization that compiles shelter statistics. Shelters and rescues received 6.5 million cats and dogs in 2023. By June 2024, 322,000 more pets entered the U.S. shelter system than left. The U.S. pet population jumped 6% in 2020 and 4% in 2021.
Animal shelters are in crisis mode as Americans struggle to ... - Vox
Aug 16, 2023 · Lonely and stuck at home, millions of Americans turned to animals for comfort in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, adopting and fostering cats and dogs from shelters at record rates....
America's animal shelters are overcrowded with pets from …
Dec 20, 2023 · Animal shelters around the U.S. are bursting at the seams amid the rising cost of living, so the gray and white 7-year-old has been staying in a worker’s office at the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society while awaiting adoption. The shelter near Albany, New York, is “beyond full,” said CEO Ashley Jeffrey Bouck.
U.S. animal shelters are overcrowded with pets from families
Dec 20, 2023 · Animal shelters around the U.S. are bursting at the seams amid the rising cost of living, so the gray and white 7-year-old has been staying in a worker’s office at the Mohawk Hudson Humane...
Pet adoptions are not keeping pace with the number of animals ... - NPR
Jan 10, 2024 · Animal shelters and advocates say overcrowding at animal shelters is due to multiple factors, including a post-pandemic return to work and renewed popularity of "designer" pets from...
Crowded animal shelters fear crisis when eviction moratorium …
Oct 1, 2021 · Animal advocates say they’re preparing for the worst as the end of the federal moratorium on housing evictions could strain shelters around the country, many of which are already full.
Pandemic and no-kill policy worsen overcrowding at animal shelters
Jul 5, 2023 · No-kill animal shelters across the southern U.S. are overcrowded and have few alternatives to find more space or staff. Much of the problem is due to pandemic pets that people don't want...