- Average number of litters a fertile cat can produce in one year: 3
- Average number of kittens in a feline litter: 4–6
- In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can theoretically
produce 420,000 cats.
- Only one out of 12 cats born ever find a permanent home.
- There are 45 cats and dogs for every one person born.
- 450 dogs and cats are destroyed each HOUR in the U.S. because there
are not enough homes for them!
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Most animals in shelters are pets whose owners can no
longer care for them for a variety of reasons. Here are the top 7 reasons
given to
www.peteducation.com:
- Owners are moving and cannot take their pet with them.
- Owners have health problems.
- Owners have become incapacitated or died.
- Owners do not have time for the pet because of changes in their
lifestyle, e.g., new baby, ill family member.
- Owners have other pets who do not get along with this one.
- Owners realize they should never have gotten a pet.
- Other animals are brought to shelters because they are homeless or
come from abusive situations.
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Did you know?
- Eugene has more than 33,500 dogs. Only 7,550 dogs are licensed, a
compliance rate of 22 percent. Compliance is estimated to be even lower
in Springfield and other towns and rural areas in Lane County.
Cost to license dogs: Spayed or neutered, $15 one-year; $25
two-year; $35 three-year; nonaltered, $35 one-year; $55 two-year, $70
three-year. Licenses can be acquired at some vet clinics and at LCAS.
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