The Sad Statistics
You cannot legislate morality and stupidity is not a crime. I don’t understand how people can indiscriminately breed cats and dogs or on the other side dump them. I was on Facebook and saw some incredibly sad statistics on the amount of animals euthanized locally.
It made me literally sick.
Gaston County Animal Control, took in 7986 animals, adopted 3416, owners reclaimed 452 but 3977 were KILLED (49.8% kill rate).
Lincoln County animal control, took in 4576 animals, adopted 1257, owners reclaimed 619 and 2422 were KILLED (52.93% kill rate).
Charlotte Mecklenburg animal control took in 16,233 animals, adopted 2239, owners reclaimed 1584 and 10,439 were KILLED (64.31% kill rate).
Montgomery County control took in 1199 animals, adopted 12, no owner reclaims, and (99.0% kill rate).
Cabarras County animal control took in 4261 animals, adopted 832, owners reclaimed 359 and 2024were KILLED (47.5% kill rate).
Now the numbers are a bit skewed because it includes wildlife but even taking that into consideration thats a lot of dead animals – yet there will be more next year and the next and the next.
I went onto the local paper and there are TONS of puppy. Actually 90 ads and only ONE mentions any genetic testing…Most are CKC registered and that does not mean Canadian Kennel Club it is Continental Kennel Club which is basically a paper registry. You give them money and you get a registration number – you don’t even need to have a breeder or even registration just say your dog looks like a breed and BAM you have a pedigree.
Dogs bred only because they have reproductive plumbing – no temperament testing, no making sure they meet their breed standard, no health testing – just looking to make a quick buck.
An endless cycle, time to go walk my dogs…
