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Welcome |
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Come in and be informed. |
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These are the recently-September
27,1998-released |
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statistics from the State of Indiana
on Shelters in only |
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10 Counties. There are actually 92
Counties throughout |
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Indiana, YOU do the math. |
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Now give one reason why Spaying and
Neutering is not |
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an obligation on the part of
everyone. |
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statistics vary with each
shelter for time slot. |
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BROWN COUNTY |
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Shelter opened in 1987-statistics
for 1997 |
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- 710 dogs
& cats taken in
- 65 reclaimed
by owners
- 227 adopted
- 418 destroyed
(59%)
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GREENE COUNTY |
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Shelter opened January 8, 1990-statistics
for 1997 |
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- 1,502 dogs
& 511 cats taken in
- 219 reclaimed
by owners
- 352 adopted
- 1,442
destroyed (72%)
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JACKSON COUNTY |
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Shelter opened in Seymour about 26
years ago.-statistics for 1997 |
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- 527 dogs
& cats taken in.
- 81 returned
to owners
- 100 adopted
- 337 destroyed
(64%)
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LAWRENCE COUNTY |
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Has had White River Animal Shelter
for about 17 years. |
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Statistics for AUGUST 1998 |
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- 112 dogs, 44
cats taken in.
- 17 dogs &
4 cats adopted
- 12 dogs &
3 cats returned to owners
- 83 dogs &
37 cats destroyed. (77%)
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MARTIN COUNTY |
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NO ANIMAL SHELTER |
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MONROE COUNTY |
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Shelter built in mid-1960's-statistics
for 1997 |
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- 3,347 dogs,
2,725 cats & 652 other animals taken in.
- 665 returned
to owners
- 1,089 adopted
- 3,487
destroyed. (57%)
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MORGAN COUNTY |
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Morgan County Animal Shelter opened
Jan.1, 1998 |
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First eight months |
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- 2,100 animals
taken in.
- 78 returned
to owners
- 630 adopted
- 1,360
destroyed. (65%)
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ORANGE COUNTY |
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Shelter opened in Paoli 20 years
ago. |
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Average Monthly Statistics |
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- 20 dogs, 10
cats taken in.
- 1 dog & 1
cat returned to owner
- 7 dogs, 7
cats adopted
- 15 animals
destroyed. (50%)
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OWEN COUNTY |
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No Animal Shelter. |
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WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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Salem Dept of Animal Control &
Animal Shelter |
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in operation about 15 years. |
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1997 statistics |
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- 1,067 dogs,
459 cats taken in.
- 85 dogs &
18 cats returned to owners
- 67 dogs &
39 cats adopted
- 907 dogs
& 391 cats destroyed. (85%)
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Is it fair to ask these people to
take care of our dirty work? |
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How many times can you euthanize
animals you have held and |
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comforted, praying someone will come
in at that eleventh hour? |
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What about the ones that don't get
the last peaceful moments in the |
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arms of a caring Shelter worker? The
ones who are hunted down by |
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other animals or tortured by sick
individuals? |
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We all have a responsibility to each
and every living creature on this |
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earth. Even if you can't adopt a
shelter animal or rescue a stray, |
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Put a sign in your window, donate a
bag of food, just reach out in |
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