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The Top Ten Reasons People Give Their Pets
to Shelters in the United States *

DOGS

CATS

1.     Moving

1.     Too many in house

2.     Landlord issues

2.     Allergies

3.     Cost of pet maintenance

3.     Moving

4.     No time for pet

4.     Cost of pet maintenance

5.     Inadequate facilities

5.     Landlord issues

6.     Too many pets in home

6.     No homes for littermates

7.     Pet illness(s)

7.     House soiling

8.     Personal problems

8.     Personal problems

9.     Biting

9.     Inadequate facilities

10.  No homes for littermates

10.  Doesn’t get along with other cats

* Statistics provided by the National Council on Pet Population Study & Policy
NCPPSP - Human and Animal Factors...

****Check out the following websites for information on any animal-related topic of interest:

ASPCA: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

http://www.hsus.org/

 

 

Rockingham/Harrisonburg SPCA
2170 Old Furnace Road
P.O. Box 413
Harrisonburg, VA  22803
Phone: 540-434-5270
Fax: 540-432-9509