Deeds Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 https://www.9news.com.au/national/animal-shelters-outcry-to-adopt-246-dogs-and-cats-killed-every-day-exclusive/53fd16ca-6cc2-49e8-a655-3cc75c1c0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeds Posted February 3, 2023 Author Share Posted February 3, 2023 Sorry. Wrong number . It's actually 264 dogs & cats not 245 as I incorrectly stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diva Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) Read that article twice and still can’t see where the daily calculation of healthy cats and dogs killed fits any of the other numbers mentioned, I assume it’s from an entirely unrelated but not referenced source? Needs a ref really because it doesn’t stack up as written. Even mentions ‘such low adoption rates’ in one bit without giving a rate then quotes 92% for a named shelter. (And it really lost me when it said it’s ‘safer’ not to buy from a breeder as illegal puppy farms have been known to neglect dogs. News flash ‘breeder’ and ‘illegal puppy farm’ are not equivalent terms. Not to mention that plenty of rescue groups have neglected dogs. Whether the source of your dog is a breeder or a shelter, the same due diligence has to be done .) Edited February 3, 2023 by Diva 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 I agree with @Diva... no explanation where they got that figure from... but I'd tip that it probably comes from annual reports from RSPCA, etc, who don't always have the best track record in that area... *sigh* 264 x 365 = 96,360 if you want to extrapolate an annual figure from that number... T. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spotted Devil Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Given that the stray/feral cat population numbers in the 100s of 1000s, if not millions, these stats aren’t very helpful. Cats have low microchip rates, extremely low reclaim rates and many are not suitable for adoption. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneye Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Certain rescue centres it pays to inflate or make up numbers , Have 150 kennels , fill 100 with boarding kennels usually full at $35 a night , other 50 keep strays and unwanted , get mainly animal loving volunteers to do majority of the work for free , sell the strays and unwanted for $500 -$600 collect money from councils and govt and little old ladies who leave them there fortunes what they can't sell there resident vet gives the needle turns into a very very lucrative buisness , pays them to inflate figures , after all there not going to say were on top of the poblem we don't need the grants are they , , being a charity there not going to want to change things and pay tax on the massive money that comes from the volunteer run boarding kennels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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