I go to animal shelters once a week.
That's great! Many stray dogs and cats as well as wounded wildlife are cared for in animal shelters.
Yes, its sad when an animal is wounded.
I agree, a lot of times injury can occur from fights due to overpopulation of domestic animals
Animal shelter
about 75% of animals that are brought to shelters are euthanized, overpopulation is a serious problem
Yes, how do we fix that?
It is important to have pets spayed or neutered to avoid the overpopulation issue
Yes. These stats make me sad.
Overpopulation in domestic pets
Overpopulation in domestic pets is the surplus of pets, such as cats, dogs, and exotic animals. In the United States, six to eight million animals are brought to shelters each year, of which an estimated three to four million are subsequently euthanized, including 2.7 million considered healthy and adoptable. Euthanasia numbers have declined from the 1970s, when U.S. shelters euthanized an estimated 12 to 20 million animals. Most humane societies, animal shelters and rescue groups urge animal caregivers to have their animals spayed or
Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats, and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife are kept and rehabilitated. While no-kill shelters exist, it is sometimes policy to euthanize sick animals, and any animal that is not claimed quickly enough by a previous or new owner. In Europe, of 30 countries included in a survey, all but four (Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, and Italy) permitted the killing of healthy stray