National Pet Adoption Month

Make your pet feel special!

10% Off Bathing or 15% off for pets with proof of adoption in the last 6 months!

Animal Statistics:

• The number of homeless pets in the United States is staggering! The surplus is in the millions here. Cats are 45 times as prolific, and dogs 15 times as prolific, as humans. 

So How Many Pets Does That Equal?

• As of 2013 there were 313 Million people in the US! How many homeless pets does that equal?

• 14,045,000,000.00 – OVER 14 Billion Cats

• 4,695,000,000.00 – OVER 4 Billion Dogs

Horses count too!

• In 2012 (despite there not being slaughter houses in the United States), 176,223 horses were exported to Mexico, Japan and Canada for slaughter.

To find them all homes…

• Every person in the US (Man, woman and child) would have to own:

• 15 Dogs

• 45 Cats

• And around 1 horse per 10 house holds

How can we help?

• Spay & neuter cats, dogs and male horses

• Responsible breeding (if you must)

• Adopt instead of buying – save a life!

Shelter Euthanasia Info:

• Did you know that not only does irresponsible pet ownership lead to homeless and unwanted pets, but costs tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay for shelter operations, including euthanizing unwanted pets.

• These next few slides show what shelter euthanasia rates and expenses were for 2012:

2012 Area shelter euthanasia stats:

• Brunswick County: $383,443.07

Dogs – intake: 2,072 Euthanized: 1,220

Cats – intake: 3,245Euthanized: 2,973

• Duplin County: $12,423.00

Dogs – intake: 804 Euthanized: 200

Cats – intake: 347 Euthanized: 222

2012 Area shelter euthanasia stats:

• New Hanover County: $1,220,939.00

Dogs – intake: 1,755 Euthanized: 753

Cats – intake: 1,671Euthanized: 1,116

• Onslow County: $772,170.00

Dogs – intake: 2,948 Euthanized: 1,119

Cats – intake: 3,121Euthanized: 2,753

2012 Area shelter euthanasia stats:

• Pender County: $356,310.00

Dogs – intake: 1,316 Euthanized: 281

Cats – intake: 1,481Euthanized: 740

• Sampson County: $162,045.00

Dogs – intake: 1,685 Euthanized: 1,502

Cats – intake: 1,035Euthanized: 917

How Much Money!

• Over $29 Million Dollars of taxpayer money was spent in this 6 county area in 2012 on unwanted animals!

WHY ADOPT?

• Did you know that there are dozens of rescues in our area!

• 75% of the animals that these non-county funded rescues pull, are death row pets from county shelters, taken in an effort to save them!

• These rescues survive on donations and adoption fees to cover their costs!

Adopted pets are often a better buy:

• A pet from the shelter typically cost $100-$200, but most of them are up to date on vaccines, deworming, and have been spayed or neutered! Just those services alone costs between $200-$400!

• When you buy a puppy from a breeder, you pay $300+ for the pup and then all the expenses of vaccines and spay/neuter is additional! A typical puppy first year cost upwards of $700.00 just in appropriate medical care!

Shelter Pets are Often Trained

• Depending on the rescue, lots of their pets are already leash, crate, and obedience trained! This also saves you time and money. They typically go through behavior evaluation as well. This helps match your home situation with the right animals (i.e. – kid or other animal friendly, etc…)

Some Local Pet Adoption Agencies:

• Adopt An Angel• CAT Adoption Team• Columbus Co Humane

Society• Cape Fear Rescue

League• Coastal Carolina Saint

Bernard Rescue• ECHO – German

Shepherd Rescue• German Shepherd

Rescue

• Half Way Home• Monty’s Home• Pender County Humane

Society• PEAR – Pender

Endangered Animal Rescue

• SE German Shepherd Rescue

• Schnauzer Rescue of Carolinas

• Sunburst Foundation

Local Equine Rescue:

• United States Equine Rescue League – Cape Fear Chapter (USERL)

Save a life & make a life long friend:

• Adopt your next pet & make a difference

June Clinic Promo

• All bathing is 10% off

• If you have proof of adopting your pet in the last 6 months, you get 15% off of bathing.

• Come make your pet feel GOOD!