Given that some of the most dramatic effects of the economy have been more recent, statistics on the increase of euthanasia levels related to the economy aren’t yet available.
What is known is that the economy is dramatically impacting owner surrender rates and PetFinder.com has the evidence to prove it.
They asked nearly 13,000 animal shelters and adoption groups from around the nation how the economy was affecting their organization. The results are startling.
84% of animal shelters and rescue groups are getting more animals because of foreclosures, unemployment, and the economy.
47% say that the economy is the number one reason that pets are being surrendered at their organization.
18% said surrenders come from people who had to relocate.
16% said surrenders were related to foreclosures.
At the same time 37% of those same shelters were seeing a lower number of adoptions.
How can the government continue to ignore this?
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