Adopt pets from animal shelters or rescues, not pet stores Perks of adoption Your local shelter or rescue can help you find the right fit for your lifestyle and family Here at Humane World for Animals, formerly called the Humane Society of the United States, we promote Adopters Welcome, a conversational approach to the adoption process
The ongoing animal welfare crisis from deforestation in Australia 100 million animals within the clearing footprint This includes 1 9 to 4 5 million mammals, 7 4 to 9 3 million birds and over 96 million reptiles of all sizes being injured, killed, or displaced every year on average This includes approximately 1,200 Koalas a year on average Koalas were listed as endangered in 2022 after suffering
Trends in Intake and Outcome Data From U. S. Animal Shelters . . . Intake estimates from the American Humane Association's Animal Shelter Reporting Study, 1985–1988, illustrate just how little reliable data were available at the time This report estimated, for example, that anywhere between 16 9 and 28 1 million dogs, along with 10 7–17 8 million cats, entered U S animal shelters during 1985
Texas Animal Shelter Statistics Dashboard | Best Friends . . . While we were able to capture a robust and representative sample of shelters for 2024, some of the nearly 4,000 shelters in the U S had not yet provided data For those, we used advanced statistical methods that took community and shelter factors into account to estimate the data, including historical collected intake outcome data from any
Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten . . . At the same time, the number of children missing routine vaccinations has been increasing in recent years, even as countries make efforts to catch up children missed during the pandemic In 2023, an estimated 14 5 million children missed all of their routine vaccine doses – up from 13 9 million in 2022 and 12 9 million in 2019
Missouri Animal Shelter Statistics Dashboard | Best Friends . . . While we were able to capture a robust and representative sample of shelters for 2024, some of the nearly 4,000 shelters in the U S had not yet provided data For those, we used advanced statistical methods that took community and shelter factors into account to estimate the data, including historical collected intake outcome data from any
NYC’s migrant shelter population surges to nearly 100K . . . It costs roughly $385 a night to put up a migrant family in one of the city’s shelters, officials said – meaning the asylum-seeker crisis is setting taxpayers back about $7 9 million every day