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?
neutered to prevent the births of unwanted and accidental litters that could contribute to this dynamic.
Global effects.
Dealing with a population of unwanted domestic animals is a major concern to animal welfare and animal rights groups. Domestic animal overpopulation can also be an ecological concern. It is also a financial problem: capturing, impounding and eventual euthanasia costs taxpayers and private agencies millions of dollars each year. Unwanted pets are also commonly released to the wild, sometimes contributing to severe damage to ecosystems (e.g., the effect of introduction
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