Big change from 2014 About half of the dogs in U.S. shelters as of June 2015 were housed by tax-funded animal care and control facilities, 25% were housed by open-admission humane societies, and 25% were housed by selective admission no-kill shelters and rescues, according to the annual ANIMALS 24-7 summer survey of shelter dog inventory. The […]
A fireside message from Merritt Clifton
I don’t always warn people about pit bulls. Sometimes I talk about Chihuahuas. And, with the help of a few dedicated assistants, I investigate and write about every aspect of the human/animal relationship, from animal rights and animal welfare to zoological conservation and zoonotic disease control –– always focused on what we can do […]
Large retrievers still nearly twice as popular as pit bulls
An ANIMALS 24-7 electronic survey of 206,014 classified ads offering dogs for sale or adoption confirms that large retrievers are still by far and away the most popular dogs in the U.S., births of pit bulls and their close mixes are continuing to increase at the rate of about 10% per year, and Dachshunds have […]
Pit bulls were 32% of U.S. shelter inventory in June 2014
About two-thirds of the dogs in U.S. shelters as of June 2014 were housed by tax-funded animal care and control facilities, 22% were housed by open-admission humane societies, and 12% were housed by selective admission no-kill shelters and rescues, according to the annual ANIMALS 24-7 summer survey of shelter dog inventory. Of the dogs housed […]