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Guess How Many Pets Are Put Down Daily

May 24, 2024
With Los Angeles shelters facing a crisis, we take a quick look at the national problem of abandoned dogs and cats.
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Los Angeles animal shelters are facing a crisis and across country the situation is not much better. It’s estimated that shelters euthanize approximately 670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats annually. Visit ASPCA and the Humane Society if you’re interested in adopting...
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L A. Animal shelters are set to euthanize about 100 dogs
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within the next couple of weeks because the animal shelters are at
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capacity and looking for help brother,
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this breaks my heart.
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You know, like,
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you know how much animals mean to me and just the fact
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that, you know,
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all these dogs are getting like euthanized.
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It's just insane and it's crazy because this is just again in
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L A, about 1.5 million shelter animals,
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dogs and cats are put down every year in the US and
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that's about like 4000.
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Was it a week,
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a day a day?
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Yeah, it's insane.
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Like don't shop adopt and be smart and make sure your pet
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like, make sure you're ready for a pet.
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Yeah, it's a big responsibility.
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But people again might not understand that.
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So please be more aware and you know,
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make sure you're able to take on that responsibility because again,
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1.5 million dogs, people,
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a lot of dogs that's a lot of lives like these,
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these are living creatures,
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you know, that are being put to sleep.
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It's sad. And if you truly want to help,
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please check out the Humane Society and A S PC A and
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their websites to find out how you can help the animals in
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your community in these shelters.