Over 9,000 animals were dropped off at the Kentucky River
Regional Animal Shelter in Perry County last year. Many of them
were puppies and kittens that were young and healthy animals.
But due to severe overcrowding, and the sheer amount of animals
that are being dropped off on a regular basis, 95 percent of
those animals never made it to a home. Of the small fraction of
animals that were adopted, 140 were adopted in other areas
through an intensive and constant rescue program that sends
these animals to no-kill programs across the nation. But for the
other animals that aren’t chosen by those programs, only 500
were adopted by loving local families. Nationwide, every eight
seconds an animal is put down in a shelter, that’s over 5
million animals a year. Most of these animals are put down
because of overpopulation due to pet owners not having their
pets spayed and neutered. Many of them are healthy animals,
while only around 30 percent are old or sick. The Kentucky River
Regional Animal Shelter serves four coun