How Can Animal Shelter Overpopulation
Animal Shelter overpopulation is becoming a more serious problem day after day. Many people do not have their dog spayed/neutered, and this can contribute to overpopulation. When a dog gets pregnant unexpectedly the family usually decides they can't afford all the puppies or don't want them, so they take the puppies to a shelter. An average litter of puppies usually consists of about five to six puppies, this means five spaces in the shelter will be taken. Each time families let their dog/ dogs go unspayed or unneutered they add another litter of puppies. Each time a family decides they don't “like” their dog anymore and leaves it at the shelter, they add another dog. All of these dogs end up accumulating in an animal shelter and the shelter