Animal shelters
Animal need love not torture
Animals
Each year 3.7 million animals are enthanized. 5 in 10 dogs and 7 in 10 cats in shelters are enthanized, because no one wants or can adopt them.
The cost of spaying or neutering a pet is less then the cost of raising puppies or kittens for a year.
Approximentely 7.6 million animals enter shelters nationwide. Of the dogs entering shelters, approximentely 35% are adopted, 41% are killed, and 26% of dogs who came in are returned to their owner.
There are about 13,600 community animal shelters nationwide.
Take action
Stop dog fights ~ Donate money to help the animal shelters
Boycott puppy mills ~ Make sure animals are healthy
Find good homes for the animals ~ volunteer at animal shelter
Stop abusing and neglecting animals ~ volunteer to walk and bathe animals
Adopt dogs from shelters ~ hold fundraisers to raise money for the shelters
Group 1 news
What we learned
Gracie- Help animals by volunteering and having fundraisers.
Henry- You can walk dogs at the pound.
Laila- We learned about animals that are abused and don't have homes. There's too many animals in animal shelters.
Nikko- Animals are being abused and abandoned and that's not right.
Tristan- Save dogs by adopting them from shelters.
Valli Ann- Abusing animals is wrong and rude.