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She died at the hospital. The dog was euthanized. [159] [160] March 25, 2018: Hong Saengsamly 49 Female Pit bull (1–2) Milwaukee: Wisconsin: Saengsamly was attacked in her house by her pet dog. Her son found her dead, with the dog guarding her body. He shot the dog. [161] [162] May 10, 2018 Tracy Garcia 52 Female Mix breed (7) Ardmore: Oklahoma
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. [1] [2] Euthanasia numbers have declined since the 1970s, when U.S. shelters euthanized an estimated 12 to 20 million animals. [3]
Some pets relinquished to an animal shelter will be euthanized due to a lack of space or financial resources. [6] Millions of companion animals enter animal shelters every year in the United States. [7] However, the number of dogs and cats euthanized in US shelters declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011 to 1.5 million in 2018.
From the beginning of 2023 through the end of September, the shelters have euthanized 2,536 dogs and 685 cats — that’s 10 times the number of animals euthanized during the same period in 2020 ...
Of those, about 3.1 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats. About 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized yearly, the ASPCA said, a decrease from the estimated 2.6 million cats and dogs ...
New data on animal euthanasia further shows the strain inside the animal shelter, where officials have been raising alarms for months. More shelter dogs killed in Charlotte as shelter runs low on ...
[citation needed] In 2006, 145 dogs and cats classified as unhealthy or untreatable were euthanized (6% of a total intake of 2,353). [30] In comparison, the national average rate of euthanasia in 2005 was 56%. [31]
Sep. 21—The Spokane City Council has asked the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service to address concerns that the organization is unnecessarily euthanizing dogs after 14 of them were ...