{"id":24463,"date":"2022-03-25T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:15:14","slug":"how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/","title":{"rendered":"How many shelter animals die each year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_shelter_animals_die_each_year\" title=\"How many shelter animals die each year?\">How many shelter animals die each year?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animal_kill_shelters_are_there_in_the_US\" title=\"How many animal kill shelters are there in the US?\">How many animal kill shelters are there in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_no_kill_shelters_are_in_the_US\" title=\"How many no kill shelters are in the US?\">How many no kill shelters are in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_shelter_animals_die\" title=\"How many shelter animals die?\">How many shelter animals die?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animals_get_killed_in_shelters_each_day\" title=\"How many animals get killed in shelters each day?\">How many animals get killed in shelters each day?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_cats_are_killed_in_shelters_each_year\" title=\"How many cats are killed in shelters each year?\">How many cats are killed in shelters each year?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_kill_shelters_are_in_America\" title=\"How many kill shelters are in America?\">How many kill shelters are in America?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_no-kill_animal_shelters_are_in_the_US\" title=\"How many no-kill animal shelters are in the US?\">How many no-kill animal shelters are in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_states_have_kill_shelters\" title=\"How many states have kill shelters?\">How many states have kill shelters?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animals_are_killed_in_US_shelters_each_year\" title=\"How many animals are killed in US shelters each year?\">How many animals are killed in US shelters each year?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animal_shelters_are_in_the_US_2021\" title=\"How many animal shelters are in the US 2021?\">How many animal shelters are in the US 2021?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_kill_shelters_exist_in_the_US\" title=\"How many kill shelters exist in the US?\">How many kill shelters exist in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animal_shelters_are_there_in_the_US\" title=\"How many animal shelters are there in the US?\">How many animal shelters are there in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_dogs_are_euthanized_in_the_US_2020\" title=\"How many dogs are euthanized in the US 2020?\">How many dogs are euthanized in the US 2020?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#What_is_the_largest_no-kill_animal_shelter\" title=\"What is the largest no-kill animal shelter?\">What is the largest no-kill animal shelter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_homeless_animals_die\" title=\"How many homeless animals die?\">How many homeless animals die?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#What_percentage_of_animals_in_shelters_are_euthanized\" title=\"What percentage of animals in shelters are euthanized?\">What percentage of animals in shelters are euthanized?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_kill_shelters_are_in_the_US\" title=\"How many kill shelters are in the US?\">How many kill shelters are in the US?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animals_die_each_year_in_animal_shelters\" title=\"How many animals die each year in animal shelters?\">How many animals die each year in animal shelters?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_animals_die_in_the_shelter\" title=\"How many animals die in the shelter?\">How many animals die in the shelter?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_dogs_are_killed_per_day\" title=\"How many dogs are killed per day?\">How many dogs are killed per day?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-22\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_cats_are_euthanized_a_day\" title=\"How many cats are euthanized a day?\">How many cats are euthanized a day?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-23\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_cats_get_euthanized_each_year\" title=\"How many cats get euthanized each year?\">How many cats get euthanized each year?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-24\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#What_percentage_of_cats_die_in_shelters\" title=\"What percentage of cats die in shelters?\">What percentage of cats die in shelters?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-25\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-shelter-animals-die-each-year\/#How_many_no-kill_shelters_are_there_in_the_US\" title=\"How many no-kill shelters are there in the US?\">How many no-kill shelters are there in the US?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_shelter_animals_die_each_year\"><\/span>How many shelter animals die each year?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each year, <b>approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The number of dogs and cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animal_kill_shelters_are_there_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many animal kill shelters are there in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are <b>3,500 animal shelters in the US.<\/b> Municipal shelters are also known as kill shelters. They are brick-and-mortar institutions that take in strays and abandoned pets. When a shelter is full, or its animals are old and sick, it&#8217;s policy to euthanize the animals.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_no_kill_shelters_are_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many no kill shelters are in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Announcement that the number of dogs and cats killed each year in America&#8217;s shelters has dropped from around 733,000 in 2018 to 625,000 in 2019 and that there are now <b>over 5,500 no-kill communities around the nation.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_shelter_animals_die\"><\/span>How many shelter animals die?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each year, <b>approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The number of dogs and cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_get_killed_in_shelters_each_day\"><\/span>How many animals get killed in shelters each day?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>5,500 animals<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_cats_are_killed_in_shelters_each_year\"><\/span>How many cats are killed in shelters each year?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of the <b>3 million cats and dogs euthanized in shelters each year, approximately 2.4 million (80%) are healthy and treatable and could have been adopted into new homes. Number cats and dogs adopted from shelters each year: 4 million. Percentage of cats euthanized in shelters: 70%<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_kill_shelters_are_in_America\"><\/span>How many kill shelters are in America?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The US boasts <b>more than 2,000 no-kill shelters. In 2019, Delaware became the first no-kill shelter state.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_no-kill_animal_shelters_are_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many no-kill animal shelters are in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Announcement that the number of dogs and cats killed each year in America&#8217;s shelters has dropped from around 733,000 in 2018 to 625,000 in 2019 and that there are now <b>over 5,500 no-kill communities around the nation.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_states_have_kill_shelters\"><\/span>How many states have kill shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of the 4,850 brick-and-mortar shelters in the country, 100 (2%) collectively account for 41% of dogs and cats being killed in U.S. shelters. The five states in which the most animals are being killed are California (<b>100,239), Texas (96,707), North Carolina (47,652), Florida (45,503) and Louisiana (32,150).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_are_killed_in_US_shelters_each_year\"><\/span>How many animals are killed in US shelters each year?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each year, <b>approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The number of dogs and cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animal_shelters_are_in_the_US_2021\"><\/span>How many animal shelters are in the US 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>3,500 animal shelters<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_kill_shelters_exist_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many kill shelters exist in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The US boasts <b>more than 2,000 no-kill shelters. In 2019, Delaware became the first no-kill shelter state.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animal_shelters_are_there_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many animal shelters are there in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As of 2021, there are <b>over 3,500 animal shelters in the U.S. Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. shelters each year. Approximately 4.1 million shelter animals are adopted yearly. About 810,000 stray animals that enter shelters are returned to their owners.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_dogs_are_euthanized_in_the_US_2020\"><\/span>How many dogs are euthanized in the US 2020?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It reported that American shelters killed roughly <b>347,000 dogs and cats in 2020-a 44.5-percent drop from 2019 when 625,000 were euthanized. In a news release, Best Friends pointed to several reasons for such a decline.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_largest_no-kill_animal_shelter\"><\/span>What is the largest no-kill animal shelter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Best Friends Animal Society<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_homeless_animals_die\"><\/span>How many homeless animals die?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each year, <b>approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The number of dogs and cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_percentage_of_animals_in_shelters_are_euthanized\"><\/span>What percentage of animals in shelters are euthanized?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main reasons animals are in shelters: owners give them up, or animal control finds them on the street. <b>Each year, approximately 2.7 million dogs and cats are killed every year because shelters are too full and there aren&#8217;t enough adoptive homes. Act as a publicist for your local shelter so pets can find homes.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_kill_shelters_are_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many kill shelters are in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>56 percent of dogs and 71 percent of cats that enter animal shelters are euthanized. More cats are euthanized than dogs because they are more likely to enter a shelter without any owner identification. Only 15.8 percent of dogs and 2 percent of cats that enter animal shelters are reunited with their owners.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_die_each_year_in_animal_shelters\"><\/span>How many animals die each year in animal shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Each year, <b>approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The number of dogs and cats euthanized in U.S. shelters annually has declined from approximately 2.6 million in 2011.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_die_in_the_shelter\"><\/span>How many animals die in the shelter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>About 5.5 million animals enter shelters every year. <b>Approximately one million animals are killed. Roughly 30 million acquire a new companion animal every year. Less than 1% of shelter animals are irremediably suffering.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_dogs_are_killed_per_day\"><\/span>How many dogs are killed per day?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For the first time on record, the total number of dogs and cats killed in America&#8217;s shelters for a given year has dropped below the one million mark  to about 800,000 for the 2017 calendar year, or <b>nearly 2,200 dogs and cats killed every day.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_cats_are_euthanized_a_day\"><\/span>How many cats are euthanized a day?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>950 cats<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_cats_get_euthanized_each_year\"><\/span>How many cats get euthanized each year?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of the approximately 6.5 million companion animals who enter shelters nationwide every year, approximately 3.3 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats. Each year, approximately 1.5 million animals are euthanized (670,00 dogs and <b>860,000 cats).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_percentage_of_cats_die_in_shelters\"><\/span>What percentage of cats die in shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Percentage of cats euthanized in shelters: <b>70%<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_no-kill_shelters_are_there_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many no-kill shelters are there in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The US boasts <b>more than 2,000 no-kill shelters. In 2019, Delaware became the first no-kill shelter state.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How many shelter animals die each year?How many animal kill shelters are there in the US?How many no kill shelters are in the US?How many shelter animals die?How many animals get killed in shelters each day?How many cats are killed in shelters each year?How many kill shelters are in America?How many no-kill&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24463"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}