Out of the 72,000 only five in fifty will find permanent, loving homes. Most of the ones taken to animal shelters will most likely be destroyed. The United States has a huge problem with animal abuse.
Most children go through a phase of experimenting on animals and soon grow out of it.
There are children that never grow out of it. These children grow up abusing animals for pleasure. Many of the murderers in today's world started out on animals. Animal abuse has been going on for hundreds of years. One of the main types of animal abuse is neglect .