Pet Overpopulation Statistics

Every day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in this country while only 10,000 people are born. It's simple math - there just aren’t enough homes for all of these animals.

Every year over 6 million animals are euthanized in shelters for lack of available homes.

An animal is euthanized in the U.S. every 2 seconds.

On average, 64% of all animals taken into shelters nationwide have to be euthanized for this reason.

The animals at animal control shelters are not "problem" animals. The animals available for adoption have been picked up as strays or taken from the owner for abuse, or neglect. They are truly in need of a loving home and are greatly appreciative for a second chance at life.

At least 50% of the overpopulation problem is non-neutered males. Females can't do it alone.

Purebreds account for 30% off all the animals in shelters. "Papers" don't mean an animal should be bred.

For every home you find for an animal that you have bred, a home is lost for a shelter animal.

Breeding to "see the miracle of birth" demands that you also "see the tragic results". Visit a shelter and watch a puppy being euthanized for every puppy your "miracle of birth" delivered.

One female dog has a litter of 4 puppies. She has the same number of pups twice a year for 6 years. If every puppy born from every litter during those six years has four puppies, how many puppies will have been produced during that 6 year period? If allowed to breed, one female dog can cause the production of 67,000 puppies within 6 years!

Animal overpopulation has reached a crisis point in this country.