Pet Overpopulation Is A Serious Problem

The myth of pet overpopulation is a huge campaign that’s considered truth nationwide. The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA) explains this myth and why it’s used. Activists use the myth to put all blame of animal shelter death on breeders. Radical groups perpetuate this myth by making breeding restrictions. This myth is the biggest cause of euthanizing healthy, adoptable animals. Per year, about 3.1 million dogs are adopted while 2.1 million are euthanized. However, this number for euthanized dogs is not broken down by reasoning for euthanization. Overpopulation propagandists often claims this number reaches over 6 million each year. While shelters heavily euthanize adoptable dogs and breeders increasingly use puppy mills, each area across

Pet owner’s need to be aware of the responsibility it is to be a proper pet owner. Domestic animal do not only need their love and attention they require regular visit to the veterinarians where they can take proper precautions for unwanted pregnancies. Every day there are 70,000 puppies and cats that are born there is not enough homes for all these pets.(Harvey,Alyssa) Animal shelters have endorsed sterilization ensuring pet owners that sterilizing a pet is less expensive than the cost of a litter of puppies or kittens. In Hidalgo County I found a clinic that has received a $90,000 grant from PetSmart Charities to spay/neuter to help reduce pet overpopulation. The program offers

A pack of dogs is playing in a ditch which is in the middle of a busy road. Some people in the cars look to see if the dogs' owner is nearby and wonder why anyone would allow their dogs to play so close to danger. Some drivers seem oblivious to the motley assortment romping in the water next to the road. They all keep driving without another thought for the safety or lives of those poor creatures. Unfortunately, this is a common scene in many areas. Unwanted dogs and cats are dumped to fend for themselves because there just are not enough homes for all of them. Where have these unwanted animals come from? The huge population is attributed to out of control breeding due to irresponsible owners, breeding by

Attention Getter: We all see them, those sad little faces that look up at us with their sad eyes. They need homes and families that love them, they are stray animals.

The euthanasia of animals is a very problematic social issue in the world today. Approximately there are about 7.6 million companion animals that enter animal shelters each year. Of those, about 2.7 animals are euthanized, and cats have the highest rate, according to “The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” (2017). When you hear the term euthanasia in reference to animals, you think of a painless process that ends the countless suffering your pet had to endure over the span of their lives. There are many reasons for which these animals are “put to sleep.” When most pet owners put their pets to sleep it is because their pets have incurable disease, painful illness, behavioral problems and are of old age. When an animal is suffering and is no longer able to recover, this process may be the most humane thing to do. However, euthanasia turns into murder when perfectly healthy animals are killed. Since there is an overpopulation of animals there are many animals left on the street wandering alone. When there isn’t any room for all these new animals being brought in from off the streets, shelters have no other option, but to euthanize. Each year more and more dogs and cats are born and sent into shelters, but for every animal being born another one has to leave and once the animal leave they are most likely going to be euthanized. No matter the situation animals are losing their lives for no clear reason.

Later, most will end up "Testing Out" a different type of pet. The vast majority of people, who adopt a puppy or kitten, do not keep the animal for life. If this were to turn around and most people were to actually keep their pets through the good times and the bad, as they do their own children, the demand for these animals would go down. With less of a demand, breeders would not breed as many litters. Breeders are only breeding as many litters as they do, because people are buying them. The demand for a cute little puppy or kitten is great, because people do not keep the animal for life. Animals are recycled. If a breeder had a litter and could not sell the puppies, they would not keep having litter after litter. People are buying them, so breeders are breeding them. In a perfect world, breeders would breed less and force people to adopt from an animal rescue, but this is not a perfect world. The solution lies with the general public educating themselves, supply and demand, that's the solution. Lessen the demand and the supply will, on its own, lessen. The power lies within each and every one of us. Scripted by Kim Sturla (of the San Mateo ordinance fame) and her continual cross-country junketing preaching her message: "The problem is simple: we have too many dogs and cats. Too many for too few homes."

Another simple solution to help the ongoing pet overpopulation is education. Being aware of where your pet actually came from is the first step. Do not be afraid to ask questions about your pet's background. Know the breeder's history and reputation. Are they local or out of state? Towell states that “Each year, millions of lost and unwanted dogs and cats end up at animal shelters across the U.S. Half of those animals must be euthanized because of simple math: There are too many animals and not enough good homes”. (Lisa Towell). Simply by adoption from a shelter rather than a breeder can help this problem. Animal shelters are overcrowded leading to euthanasia “Overcrowding may lead to single housing of animals to minimize animal contact

The problem I would like to solve is pet overpopulation. I believe this is a major problem that the US faces and something has to be done. I have always been an animal lover and cared about animals very much. My eyes to the pet overpopulation problem were not opened until some years back when I adopted my first dog as a kid. When I walked into the shelter I became very upset to see so many innocent and loving animals in a small kennel waiting for a family to take them home and give them a new opportunity in life.

Countless lives locked away in cages and forgotten about have overwhelmed our society, it has left blood stains on our history as a species and if history has taught us anything, it’s that we have a choice to change our ways of adjusting to situations. A war which was fought in pursuit of ending such criminal means, yet we as human beings do little to nothing to end the horrific crimes of animal deaths in shelters. It is no secret that this world has become infused with problems that have extended from one side of the globe to the other. Amongst these problems lies a terrible truth: nearly every year, sums of almost eight million cats and dogs have been placed in shelters around the world. Out of these vast numbers, half will be

Every eight seconds a dog or cat is reproduced, which leads up to about four million every year. These animals come from offspring’s of cherished family pets that are dropped off at US shelters each year. Spay/neuter is a demonstrated approach to reduce pet overpopulation.

Many may ask, why waste a valuable life? Why kill when you can just save them and adopt? Animals deserve the chance to live just like any person in this world does. Over the past 20 years, animal shelter communities in the United States has been grappling with the overpopulation problem of domestic animals (Rowan). Nationally, around four million animals are killed in animal shelters each year. Of the animals killed, roughly 95% of the shelters animals and treatable and healthy (Winograd). Each year between two to four million animals are euthanized (Winograd). Normally these animals are domestic such as dogs, cats, horses, and so on. Most people like to believe that the animals are being put down because an incurable disease but that is far from the truth. You have to take in account those who are euthanized because there are not enough homes or space to

Pet Euthanasia decrease the population of cats and dogs in the US. Statistics show that 56% of dogs and 71% of cats that enter shelters and are euthanized. Can you believe that we're putting animals in shelters to help them from the streets then most of them are killed. Many people believe that this helps their population a little bit, But what cost are we willing to. The population of dogs declined from 3.9 million to 3.3 million from

The misconceptions of animal shelters and adoptions are perplexing. People do not understand the responsibility it takes to own an animal and they, in turn, do not understand an animal. The fact that society allows euthanasia to be used on misunderstood pets is terrible. People need to be educated that animals from a shelter are just like animals from a store or a breeder. They need to be shown the responsibilities, the facts. If this is not done or even considered then the population of abandoned animals will only increase and in its place, inexperience, selfishness, confusion, and misconception will

Many dog owners are forced to leave thier beloved pets in animal shelters where many dogs are killed off due to overpopulation. 65% of those cases can be avoided by allowing those

According to webmd.com, 46% of people that took a survey claim that they are dog people. They are obviously very popular pets, but we should all know that millions of dogs go into shelters every year and most of them must be put down due to not finding a home. This is caused by overpopulation of dogs from individuals meaning to buy their dogs from breeders instead of shelters. Puppies bought from breeders are not spayed or neutered and this leads to the reproduction of more puppies.The Animal Population Control article from the American Humane service states, “pet overpopulation encompasses two factors. (1) allowing dogs to reproduce with little chance to find homes for the offspring and (2) pets being relinquished by owners who can no longer