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there are many areas of the country where demand for adoptable rescue dogs outstrips supply, where competition is legitimately fierce to get your hands on one of these dogs

spay/neuter campaigns have been enormously effective among many demographics, to the point where people get very upset about the idea of a dog having gonads at all

81% of all animals that entered animal shelters in 2022 were saved. only 8.6% were euthanized "needlessly" (no definition provided for what that means). [x]

really, the forefront of animal welfare at this point is human welfare.

most often, animals are being surrendered to animal shelters for human reasons that have little to do with the animals themselves. 31% of owner surrenders are driven by housing issues, health issues, financial issues, or the death of the caretaker (see linked source above)