{"id":24599,"date":"2022-03-25T11:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:16:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:16:18","slug":"what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the number one reason animals are euthanized?"},"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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#What_is_the_number_one_reason_animals_are_euthanized\" title=\"What is the number one reason animals are euthanized?\">What is the number one reason animals are euthanized?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#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-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#How_many_animals_get_euthanized_each_year\" title=\"How many animals get euthanized each year?\">How many animals 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-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#Why_are_animal_shelters_killed\" title=\"Why are animal shelters killed?\">Why are animal shelters killed?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#Why_are_so_many_animals_euthanized\" title=\"Why are so many animals euthanized?\">Why are so many animals euthanized?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#Why_do_we_put_animals_down\" title=\"Why do we put animals down?\">Why do we put animals down?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#What_is_the_most_euthanized_animal\" title=\"What is the most euthanized animal?\">What is the most euthanized animal?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#Why_do_animals_end_up_in_shelters\" title=\"Why do animals end up in shelters?\">Why do animals end up in shelters?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#What_percentage_of_pets_are_euthanized\" title=\"What percentage of pets are euthanized?\">What percentage of pets are euthanized?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#How_many_animals_in_US_shelters_are_euthanized_each_year\" title=\"How many animals in US shelters are euthanized each year?\">How many animals in US shelters are euthanized 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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#How_many_pets_are_euthanized_daily\" title=\"How many pets are euthanized daily?\">How many pets are euthanized daily?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#How_many_animals_are_euthanized_each_year_2020\" title=\"How many animals are euthanized each year 2020?\">How many animals are euthanized each year 2020?<\/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\/what-is-the-number-one-reason-animals-are-euthanized\/#How_many_pets_were_euthanized_in_the_US_in_2019\" title=\"How many pets were euthanized in the US in 2019?\">How many pets were euthanized in the US in 2019?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_number_one_reason_animals_are_euthanized\"><\/span>What is the number one reason animals are euthanized?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For animal shelters, the main reason to euthanize animals is <b>overcrowding of the shelters due to an overpopulation of unwanted and abandoned animals.<\/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><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_get_euthanized_each_year\"><\/span>How many animals get euthanized 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=\"Why_are_animal_shelters_killed\"><\/span>Why are animal shelters killed?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While this sounds good in practice, the reality is that kill shelters or open admission shelters do not have room for all the pets they accept.  And because there are no health standards, <b>the shelter is often forced to euthanize pets in order to protect the health and safety of the general animal population.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_are_so_many_animals_euthanized\"><\/span>Why are so many animals euthanized?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For animal shelters, the main reason to euthanize animals is <b>overcrowding of the shelters due to an overpopulation of unwanted and abandoned animals.  If the owner does not claim the animal in a certain period of time, which can last up to about fifteen days depending on the state, the shelter may euthanize the animal.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_we_put_animals_down\"><\/span>Why do we put animals down?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Why Vets Use Euthanasia Euthanasia in animals <b>is intended to end life when a pet is suffering and there is little or no hope of recovery from illness or injury. As a pet owner, the decision whether or not to euthanize can be a very difficult one to make.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_most_euthanized_animal\"><\/span>What is the most euthanized animal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The biggest decline was in <b>dogs (from 3.9 million to 3.1 million). Each year, 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=\"Why_do_animals_end_up_in_shelters\"><\/span>Why do animals end up in shelters?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main reasons animals are in shelters: <b>owners give them up, or animal control finds them on the street. 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=\"What_percentage_of_pets_are_euthanized\"><\/span>What percentage of pets are euthanized?<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_in_US_shelters_are_euthanized_each_year\"><\/span>How many animals in US shelters are euthanized 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_pets_are_euthanized_daily\"><\/span>How many pets are euthanized daily?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sadly, <b>about 950 cats and dogs are euthanized daily across the country because of lack of space, Castle says. Cats are killed more than twice as frequently as dogs, even though about 5 percent more dogs enter shelters, Best Friends reports.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_are_euthanized_each_year_2020\"><\/span>How many animals are euthanized each year 2020?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Around 3.2 million shelter animals are adopted each year. Annually, 6.5 million animals enter US shelters. <b>About three million shelter animals are euthanized in the US every year.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_pets_were_euthanized_in_the_US_in_2019\"><\/span>How many pets were euthanized in the US in 2019?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Around 3.2 million shelter animals are adopted each year. Annually, 6.5 million animals enter US shelters. <b>About three million shelter animals are euthanized in the US every year.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What is the number one reason animals are euthanized?What percentage of animals in shelters are euthanized?How many animals get euthanized each year?Why are animal shelters killed?Why are so many animals euthanized?Why do we put animals down?What is the most euthanized animal?Why do animals end up in shelters?What percentage of pets are euthanized?How&#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-24599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24599"}],"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=24599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}