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Welcome to the Shelter Animals Count Media Center

Shelter Animals Count (SAC) is a collaborative, industry-led nonprofit organization formed by a diverse group of animal welfare agencies to create and share The National Database of sheltered animal statistics, providing facts and enabling insights that will improve animal welfare throughout the country.
 

For media inquiries, please email tori@shelteranimalscount.org. All other inquiries, please use email info@shelteranimalscount.org.

Animal organizations continue to struggle with over-capacity status and urgently need community support, expressing a dire need for members of their communities to adopt or foster from local shelters or rescue organizations, spay or neuter their pets, and volunteer or donate.

 

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2024 Shelter Animals Count year end report

SAC Releases 2024 Year End Report

REPORT RELEASE: 2024 Annual Analysis We just released our annual analysis, comparing 2024 to 2023 and 2019. DOWNLOAD…

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SAC Releases 2023 Annual Intake and Outcome Data Analysis

New Animal Sheltering Data Indicates 6.5 Million Dogs and Cats Entered Shelters in 2023 Lagging dog adoptions…

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  VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE > FOX56 News By: PEDIGREE Foundation Published: Mar 1, 2024   FRANKLIN, Tenn., March…

Helen Woodward Animal Center Halves Fees to Spur Adoptions amid National Drop

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Kentucky Humane Society encourages adoption after years of over-capacity

  VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE > Spectrum News 1 By: Laya Gilpin Published: March 11, 2024   LOUISVILLE,…

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  VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE > Scot Scoop By: Keira Sarmiento Published: Mar 8, 2024   Over two…

Rise in Pleasanton Dog Abandonment Strains Area Shelters

  VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE > The Independent By: Sarah Peters Published: Mar 7, 2024   Dog abandonment,…

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