{"id":24838,"date":"2022-03-25T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:15:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:15:55","slug":"how-many-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"How many animals are in shelters in the US 2021?"},"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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_animals_are_in_shelters_in_the_US_2021\" title=\"How many animals are in shelters in the US 2021?\">How many animals are in shelters 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-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-many-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_homeless_pets_are_in_America\" title=\"How many homeless pets are in America?\">How many homeless pets are in America?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_animals_are_strays_in_the_US\" title=\"How many animals are strays in the US?\">How many animals are strays 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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#What_percent_of_animals_are_homeless\" title=\"What percent of animals are homeless?\">What percent of animals are homeless?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_animals_are_in_shelters_in_us\" title=\"How many animals are in shelters in us?\">How many animals are in shelters in us?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_stray_animals_are_there_in_the_world_2021\" title=\"How many stray animals are there in the world 2021?\">How many stray animals are there in the world 2021?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_pets_are_in_the_World_2021\" title=\"How many pets are in the World 2021?\">How many pets are in the World 2021?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_pets_are_in_the_US_2020\" title=\"How many pets are in the U.S. 2020?\">How many pets are in the U.S. 2020?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_stray_animals_are_in_the_US_in_2021\" title=\"How many stray animals are in the U.S. in 2021?\">How many stray animals are in the U.S. in 2021?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_stray_cats_are_there_in_the_US_2021\" title=\"How many stray cats are there in the U.S. 2021?\">How many stray cats are there in the U.S. 2021?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#What_state_has_the_most_homeless_animals\" title=\"What state has the most homeless animals?\">What state has the most homeless animals?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#What_percentage_of_animals_are_strays\" title=\"What percentage of animals are strays?\">What percentage of animals are strays?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_animals_become_homeless\" title=\"How many animals become homeless?\">How many animals become homeless?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_homeless_animals_are_in_the_world\" title=\"How many homeless animals are in the world?\">How many homeless animals are in the world?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#What_percentage_of_animals_are_stray\" title=\"What percentage of animals are stray?\">What percentage of animals are stray?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_homeless_animals_are_in_America\" title=\"How many homeless animals are in America?\">How many homeless animals are in America?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_animal_shelters_are_there_in_the_United_States\" title=\"How many animal shelters are there in the United States?\">How many animal shelters are there in the United States?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_animals_are_in_shelters_in_the_US_2021-2\" title=\"How many animals are in shelters in the U.S. 2021?\">How many animals are in shelters in the U.S. 2021?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_shelters_in_the_US_are_no-kill\" title=\"How many shelters in the U.S. are no-kill?\">How many shelters in the U.S. are no-kill?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_stray_animals_are_there_in_the_world\" title=\"How many stray animals are there in the world?\">How many stray animals are there in the world?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_stray_animals_are_found_each_year\" title=\"How many stray animals are found each year?\">How many stray animals are found each year?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#Are_there_more_cats_or_dogs_in_the_world_2021\" title=\"Are there more cats or dogs in the world 2021?\">Are there more cats or dogs in the world 2021?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_stray_dogs_are_left_in_the_world\" title=\"How many stray dogs are left in the world?\">How many stray dogs are left in the world?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#How_many_pets_are_in_the_world\" title=\"How many pets are in the world?\">How many pets are in the world?<\/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-animals-are-in-shelters-in-the-us-2021\/#Whats_the_most_owned_pet_in_2021\" title=\"What&#8217;s the most owned pet in 2021?\">What&#8217;s the most owned pet in 2021?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_are_in_shelters_in_the_US_2021\"><\/span>How many animals are in shelters in the US 2021?<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_homeless_pets_are_in_America\"><\/span>How many homeless pets are in America?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On any given day in the United States, there are an estimated <b>70 million homeless dogs and cats struggling to survive.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_are_strays_in_the_US\"><\/span>How many animals are strays in the US?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>70 million stray animals<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_percent_of_animals_are_homeless\"><\/span>What percent of animals are homeless?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Between 20192020, <b>36% of all dogs and 43% of cats were from shelters. Additionally, 5% of dogs and 21% were strays.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_are_in_shelters_in_us\"><\/span>How many animals are in shelters in us?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Facts about U.S. Animal Shelters: <b>Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately 3.1 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_stray_animals_are_there_in_the_world_2021\"><\/span>How many stray animals are there in the world 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are <b>over 600 million stray animals all over the world that suffer lives of misery  starving, cold, sick, and abused.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_pets_are_in_the_World_2021\"><\/span>How many pets are in the World 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>more than 900 million dogs around the world, and their population continues to grow. Around 600 million cats are living on the planet.<\/b>Cat  Dog Ownership By Country.COUNTRYPOPULATION<b>Japan<\/b><b>7,300,000<\/b>9 more rows<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_pets_are_in_the_US_2020\"><\/span>How many pets are in the U.S. 2020?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There were estimated to be <b>over 63 million dog-owning households in the United States according to a recent survey, making dogs the most popular kind of pets in American homes. Cats and freshwater fish ranked in second and third places, respectively.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_stray_animals_are_in_the_US_in_2021\"><\/span>How many stray animals are in the U.S. in 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Between 20192020, <b>36% of all dogs and 43% of cats were from shelters. Additionally, 5% of dogs and 21% were strays.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_stray_cats_are_there_in_the_US_2021\"><\/span>How many stray cats are there in the U.S. 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As of 2021, there are 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. <b>About 810,000 stray animals that enter shelters are returned to their owners.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_state_has_the_most_homeless_animals\"><\/span>What state has the most homeless animals?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that <b>roughly 73 million cats in the US are feral or unowned. Approximately 10% of Americans feed community cats. Every year, 1.6 million cats get adopted.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_percentage_of_animals_are_strays\"><\/span>What percentage of animals are strays?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Between 20192020, 36% of all dogs and 43% of cats were from shelters. Additionally, <b>5% of dogs and 21% were strays<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_become_homeless\"><\/span>How many animals become homeless?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are about 70 million stray animals living in the U.S. Of this 70 million, only about <b>six to eight million cats and dogs enter the nation&#8217;s 3,500 shelters every year, according to the Humane Society of the United States.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_homeless_animals_are_in_the_world\"><\/span>How many homeless animals are in the world?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are <b>more than 200 million stray dogs worldwide, according to the World Health Organization.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_percentage_of_animals_are_stray\"><\/span>What percentage of animals are stray?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>DogsCatsAnimal Shelter\/Humane Society23%31%Friends\/Relatives20%28%Breeder34%3%Stray<b>6%<\/b><b>27%<\/b>2 more rows<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_homeless_animals_are_in_America\"><\/span>How many homeless animals are in America?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On any given day in the United States, there are an estimated <b>70 million homeless dogs and cats struggling to survive.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animal_shelters_are_there_in_the_United_States\"><\/span>How many animal shelters are there in the United States?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Top 10 Animal Shelter Statistics There are 3,500 animal shelters in the US. Altogether, there are <b>around 14,000 shelters and rescue groups in the US. No-kill shelters attempt to save 9 out of 10 animals. More than 6 million animals enter animal shelters across the US every year.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_animals_are_in_shelters_in_the_US_2021-2\"><\/span>How many animals are in shelters in the U.S. 2021?<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_shelters_in_the_US_are_no-kill\"><\/span>How many shelters in the U.S. are no-kill?<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_stray_animals_are_there_in_the_world\"><\/span>How many stray animals are there in the world?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are <b>over 600 million stray animals all over the world that suffer lives of misery  starving, cold, sick, and abused. It&#8217;s why I wanted to be involved with this day and why I made this video.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_stray_animals_are_found_each_year\"><\/span>How many stray animals are found each year?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Approximately <b>4.1 million shelter animals are adopted each year (2 million dogs and 2.1 million cats). About 810,000 animals who enter shelters as strays are returned to their owners. Of those, 710,000 are dogs and 100,000 are cats.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_there_more_cats_or_dogs_in_the_world_2021\"><\/span>Are there more cats or dogs in the world 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>more than 900 million dogs around the world, and their population continues to grow. Around 600 million cats are living on the planet.<\/b>Cat  Dog Ownership By Country.COUNTRYPOPULATION<b>Japan<\/b><b>7,300,000<\/b>9 more rows<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_many_stray_dogs_are_left_in_the_world\"><\/span>How many stray dogs are left in the world?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As of 2021, there are 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. <b>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_pets_are_in_the_world\"><\/span>How many pets are in the world?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>over 470 million dogs kept as pets worldwide, dogs came out on top as the leading type of pet in 2018. Within the same year, there were roughly 370 million pet cats in the world.<\/b>Number of dogs and cats kept as pets worldwide in 2018 (in millions)CharacteristicNumber of pets in millions<b>Dogs<\/b><b>471<\/b><b>Cats<\/b><b>373<\/b>10 Mar 2020<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_most_owned_pet_in_2021\"><\/span>What&#8217;s the most owned pet in 2021?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The most common\/popular pets in America (by volume) are as follows:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fish: 142 million freshwater fish and 9.6 million saltwater fish.<\/li>\n<li>Cats: 88.3 million cats.<\/li>\n<li>Dogs: 74.8 million dogs.<\/li>\n<li>Birds: 16 million birds.<\/li>\n<li>Small Animals: 24.3 million small animals (Hamsters  Guinea Pigs)<\/li>\n<li>Horses: 13.8 million horses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How many animals are in shelters in the US 2021?How many homeless pets are in America?How many animals are strays in the US?What percent of animals are homeless?How many animals are in shelters in us?How many stray animals are there in the world 2021?How many pets are in the World 2021?How many&#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-24838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24838"}],"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=24838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24838\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}