01-12-2017, 04:41 AM
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Originally posted by MarkP
I know this won't win me any friends but euthanizing 2500 dogs per year vs "most mainland shelters having 100% adoption rate" just doesn't pass a reality check. There really is nowhere with a shortage of dogs. There really is no way that 100% of dogs brought in would be adoptable.
I stand corrected and apologize for posting nonsense (I'm not sure where I got that... wishful.thinking.org?). It was surprisingly hard to research this, as most pet-savings orgs cite old statistics (things are improving rapidly regarding adoption rates), but per this source...
http://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness...statistics
Of the dogs entering shelters, approximately 35% are adopted, 31% are euthanized and 26% of dogs who came in as strays are returned to their owner.
So, nationally, a dog taken in by a shelter has a one-in-three chance of being put down. An abused dog with a torn ear in Puna... yeah, I should have known better.
My main complaint is the lies, evasiveness, and nonsense spouted by the Humane Society personnel. The guy who came to get the dog assured me that he would surely be adopted, noting that he was young and friendly. He wrote down that I would adopt him if need be. The front desk was worse. Just give it to me straight, man.