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What happens to adult pets who don’t get adopted?

April 26, 2017adopted Adult don’t happens Pets

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What happens to adult pets who don’t get adopted?

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At least half of the nearly eight million pets sent to shelters annually in the U.S. are killed because no one adopts them. Puppies and kittens are more readily adopted, so the math suggests that a majority of adult dogs and cats are put to death if they aren’t re-homed.