The Pet Page
JOSHUA LOUIS ANIMAL CANCER FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER
Tomorrow 6/20 6:30-9:30pm
Lucky Strikes Lanes 624 W 42nd St
Help Strike Out Cancer!
STRAY FROM THE HEART LUAU Doggy Pool Party
Sun 6/23 3-8pm
Boat Basin Cafe W79th St & Hudson River
Spayed/neutered, socialized dogs are welcome!
SAVE THE ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM (START)
5th Annual Ride to Rescue Motorcycle Run & BBQ
Sun 6/23 Meet at Great Notch Inn 400 Rt 46 Little Falls
HSUS has a HOTLINE if you need help:
If you know someone in the New York City area who needs assistance caring for or keeping their pets, call the Pets for Life NYC hotline at 917-468-2938.
Mt Pleasant Animal Shelter's
SPECIAL COMPANIONS PROGRAM is a match service
to pair homeless animals w/adopters!
Call 973-386-0590
Yorkies are great little dogs, especially if you live in an apt!
Check out Yorkie rescue.
YORKIE911RESCUE
This is a randomly chosen, currently adoptable pet. If you are interested, click on the image.
Do you have a special furry friend you want to show off? Submit your pet's photo and earn Work Perks points!
- Approximately 5 million to 7 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year, and approximately 3 million to 4 million are euthanized.
- Twenty-five percent of dogs who enter local shelters are purebred. (Source: NCPPSP)
- Only 10 percent of the animals received by shelters have been spayed or neutered. About 75 percent of owned pets are neutered.
- The majority of pets are obtained from acquaintances and family members. About 15 to 20 percent of dogs are purchased from breeders, and 10 to 20 percent of cats and dogs are adopted from shelters and rescues. (Source: Ralston Purina and NCPPSP)
- More than 20 percent of people who leave dogs in shelters adopted them from a shelter. (Source: NCPPSP)
- Five out of ten dogs in shelters and seven out of ten cats in shelters are destroyed simply because there is no one to adopt them.
Source: ASPCA.org
