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PET FACTS

WHY DO DOGS END UP IN SHELTERS?

Top 10 reasons, according to the American Dog Owners Association:
1. Moving
2. Landlord not allowing pets
3. Too many animals in household
4. Cost of pet maintenance
5. Owner having personal problems
6. Inadequate facilities
7. No homes available for litter mates
8. Having no time for pet
9. Pet illness(es)
10. Biting

CHARACTERISTICS OF DOGS BEING RELINQUISHED TO POUNDS:

• Majority of the surrendered dogs (47.7%) were between 5 mos. and 3 yrs. of age
• Majority of dogs (37.1%) had been owned from 7 mos. to 1 yr.
• Approximately half of the dogs (42.8%) surrendered were not neutered
• Many of the dogs relinquished (33%) had not been to a veterinarian
• Dogs relinquished from friends (31.4%) were relinquished in higher numbers than from any other sources

Facts & Figures

112 million pet dogs and cats are owned by Americans.
92% of American pet owners display pictuers of their pets at home or work.
53% believe their animals would risk their lives to save their owners.
--Time Magazine, 6/7/99

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STOP the Overpopulation of Pets, Inc.
MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 4083, Palmer, AK 99645
To save $ for precious spay/neuter funds, we do not have a separate phone line. E-mail: info@alaskastop.org

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A Prayer for Animals

Hear our humble prayer, O God, for
our friends the animals, especially for
animals who are suffering; for any that are
hunted or lost or destroyed or frightened
or hungry; for all that must be put to death.
We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity
and for those who deal with them we ask
a heart of compassion and gentle hands and
kindly words. Make us, ourselves, to be true
friends to animals and so to share the
blessings of the merciful. -Albert Schweitzer

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