Home for the Holidays helped more than 150 pets get a loving home in 2023.
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Home for the Holidays
Over 180 Lives saved in 2023 in the holiday month!
Our last Holiday Campaign - Home for the Holidays - was our most successful to date. Hundreds cats and dogs went home to foster or their forever homes between Thanksgiving and Christmas day over the years. This year Ferret Dreams No Kill Rescue joins us and ferrets are part of the program!
This year you helped save over 150!
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Numbers
The below is from ASPCA data as of 2023. This data is not precise because data reporting for shelters and rescues is not mandatory across the US. We believe the number is higher. But even a 1 million pets a year dying in our shelters, it should be considered an epidemic.
Facts about U.S. Animal Shelters:
The terms “humane society” and “SPCA” are generic; shelters using those names are not part of the ASPCA or The Humane Society of the United States. Currently, no government institution or animal organization is responsible for tabulating national statistics for the animal protection movement. These are national estimates; the figures may vary from state to state.
Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately 3.1 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats. We estimate that the number of dogs and cats entering U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 7.2 million in 2011. The biggest decline was in dogs (from 3.9 million to 3.1 million).
Each year, approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The number of dogs and cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011. This decline can be partially explained by an increase in the percentage of animals adopted and an increase in the number of stray animals successfully returned to their owners.
Approximately 4.1 million shelter animals are adopted each year (2 million dogs and 2.1 million cats).
About 810,000 animals who enter shelters as strays are returned to their owners. Of those, 710,000 are dogs and 100,000 are cats.
*These estimates are based in part on Shelter Animals Count data and other known and estimated sources, 2019. These are national estimates based on data obtained from shelters and rescues; the figures may vary from state to state.their shelters.