In the United States alone, an estimated 6-8 million beautiful animals are placed in animal shelters each years.
From that number an estimated 3-4 million animals make it out alive. The rest are euthanized.
In the United States and many other areas across the world, we are being faces with massive pet overpopulation. Ignorant and irresponsible owners are not spaying and neutering their animals, and are letting their pets have puppies or kittens.
Many times it is because parents want their children to experience the birth of animals. It can feel like a beautiful experience to see a new mother cat gently licking her newborn kittens. The sad thing is, this can actually send a bad image to children. After all, I´ve never seen a case in which these newborn kittens or puppies stay with the family for long. They are all sold or given away. Does this send a good image? No, it tells children that animals are to be used by people and that they can be given away or sold for profit.
Think about this: every single kitten or puppy that your pet has, another beautiful life will be euthanized at a shelter. When a breeder or regular person with an intact animal sells the kittens and puppies, they are taking away a home that an animal at an animal shelter may have taken. This is the sad reality of the present world. By creating life, you are also destroying life in the process.
What is sickening is when animal shelters are blamed for the problem. No, they are not at fault. The kill shelters are taking the fall for the ignorant people who continue to let their pets breed. Kill shelters are oftentimes located in places where pet overpopulation is high. They are crushed in an endless cycle of taking in animals to try and find them homes, and euthanization. When there are not enough homes, and animals are coming in every day, they are left with no choice.
If you do not want to support the euthanization of animals, then try and find a good no-kill shelter. There are many of these all around. If you want to find a way to help the animals languishing in kill shelters, find a no-kill shelter that has an outreach program (a program in which the no-kill shelter goes to high kill animal shelters and rescues many of the animals there by bringing them back to their own shelter). A plus of supporting a no-kill shelter is that you are not paying for the euthanization process of other animals when you pay for your new pet. You will be paying for the continual care of other animals there.
If you are dying to have a purebred animal for whatever reason, then find a good purebred rescue league. Nearly every dog breed has one. If you just want a purebred and don´t care what breed, 25% of animal shelter animals are purebred. In some cases, the animal shelter might not even know, and mislabel a purebred as a mix!
So next time you go to a breeder or pet store (who get their animals from cruel puppy mills, but that is a topic for another day), or your own pet gets pregnant just think. Think about the lives that may be lost as a result of your direct action.
Please, spay and neuter your animals, and opt to adopt from animal shelters.
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My first dog I bought from a pet store. I don't regret having him in the least bit, but a few years later, I did get educated on shelter dogs. My second dog is a rescue and now I have two incredibly sweet dogs. You won't regret adopting.
pikachucutie17 1 week ago
i can't stand watching these kind of videos cause they make me so sad!!
madcats131 2 weeks ago
Why keep them and not let them run free? I find it wrong we keep them as pets. We should make a natural environment for them to reintroduce them into the wild. Let them live on there own. Do you think they wanted to be domesticated? you care so much for a dog but dont think twice how your cow or chicken got on your plate? The human race = hypocrites.
Crazywaffle5150 3 weeks ago
I don't think they want to be put to sleep. We need to keep them. There are 10 Million unemployed people with 10,000 abandoned buildings for these animals.
heartlessvietboy 3 weeks ago
@heartlessvietboy why is it everyone else responsibility for your domestication mistakes? I say let the animals run wild be fucking free instead of useing them like fucking slaves to amuse us
Crazywaffle5150 3 weeks ago
I think we should worry more about adopting babys. We should stop domestication of animals so this kinda crap would not happen. its your fault :)
Crazywaffle5150 3 weeks ago
I really want to adopt a dog sadly my mom dosnt let me my dad says it's okay but my mom thinks I'm irresponsible for it but no all I do in my iPad is watch videos of dogs pictures and tricks too! I really want a dog! -.-
Lemontwist99 2 months ago
this almost made me cry for those pets who died
I AM A FRIKIN ANIMIAL LOVER
and mostly towards dogs
I love dogs so much
to me a humans life is just as important as a Humans life :(
1234DRG1 2 months ago
Please adopt your next pet from your local animal shelter. That way a life will be saved these animals deserve to be in a home were they will be loved. They do not deserve to be in a cage .
sb57fury1 2 months ago