Facts and resources:
1. Cats and Dogs, who have a home, live longer, healthier lives than stray dogs and cats.
2. Most homeless dogs and cats are lost pets that were not kept/treated properly indoors or provided with identification, such as microchips, tattoos etc.
3. Five out of ten dogs in shelters and seven out of ten cats in shelters are killed for the simple reason that there is no one to adopt them.
4. Almost half of ALL animals in a shelter never make it out.
5. Every year 100 million animals die in experiments and tests.
6. Every year 3 to 4 million cats and dogs (healthy and adoptable) are killed.
7. Animals that participate in the circus have been beaten, whipped, poked with sharp objects and even burned to force them to learn their routines!
8. Elephants that perform in circuses are kept in chains 23 hours a day until the time the have babies.
9. By 2022, 22% of all species will be extinct if no action is taken; do to the fact of animal testing.
10. Dog and cock fighting are illegal in all 50 states
11. Eighteen red foxes are killed to make one fox-fur coat, 55 minks to make a mink coat
12. Dogs, rabbits, rats, mice and monkeys are used to test safety of every day household products, prescription medication and cosmetics (such as perfume/makeup). The product, or its specific ingredients are applied to the animal’s eyes or skin.
13. For a lot battered women, pets are a source of comfort that provides strong emotional support: 98% of Americans consider pets to be part or members of the family.
Facts about 1,880 animal cruelty cases:
1,212-dogs
337 cats
470 other
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