Facts about shelter dogs:

• Most pets in shelters have been owned for less than 1 year

• Only 1/10 dogs find a permanent home

• About 30% of animals in shelters are left there by their owners

• Animal shelters cost US citizens almost $2 billion a year

• Almost 47% of shelter dogs are abandoned by their owners due to “pet problems” including behavior/aggression

• 93% of pit bulls that enter animal shelters are euthanized. Only 1 in 600 will be adopted

Top 5 states that kill 50% of shelter animals:

• Texas

• California

• Florida

• North Carolina

• Georgia