Five thousand pets are killed each DAY in this country. You Can Help End Pet Overpopulation 1. Have your pets spayed or neutered to cut down on the abundance of unwanted puppies and kittens. Volunteer your time at a local shelter. Provide a foster home for an abandoned pet.
Dogs are pack animals and become very unhappy if left alone outdoors, especially on chains.
Pet stores are a major source of breeding stock for backyard breeders. And the parents of those pet store puppies suffer every day of their lives to stock pet store shelves. This is selfish and irresponsible. Shelter pets are dying by the thousands every day. For every backyard bred puppy that is sold, a shelter pet will die.