Cats & Dogs: US shelter killings
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, July-August 2013:
Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals per 1,000 people of people killed
New York City 0.8 2013 8,336 6,872 VERMONT 1.2 2011 626 778 Springfield, MA 1.9 2011 153 295 Tompkins County, NY 2.4 2011 102 243 Buffalo/Erie County 3.6 2012 919 3,336 MAINE 4.3 2012 1,329 5,772 Monroe County, NY 6.2 2011 734 4,556 NORTHEAST (36%) 1.8 34,131 61,436 NEW JERSEY 3.8 2010 8,821 33,152 DELAWARE 5.4 2011 907 4,929 MARYLAND 7.7 2011 5,884 45,137 Philadelphia, PA 7.7 2012 1,547 11,906 Prince George, MD 14.2 2011 871 6,111 MID-ATLANTIC (61%) 5.5 28,008 159,544 Lynchburg, VA 2.8 2011 74 208 Jacksonville, FL 4.0 2013 837 3,388 Miami-Dade, FL 4.8 2012 2,591 12,455 Tampa/Pinellas Cty. 5.2 2012 2,199 11,534 Broward County, FL 5.5 2011 1,748 11,900 Wake County, NC 7.3 2012 901 6,560 VIRGINIA 7.5 2012 8,186 61,591 Palm Beach County, FL 8.3 2011 1,320 11,003 Alachua County, FL 9.1 2011 251 2,283 Atlanta metro area 9.2 2010 5,269 48,372 Pasco County, FL 9.7 2011 465 4,500 Charlotte/Mecklnbrg. 11.8 2012 944 11,144 Durham Cty, NC 15.3 2011 270 4,133 Orlando/Orange Cty. 15.3 2011 1,146 17,555 NORTH CAROLINA 18.9 2012 9,752 183,364 Clay County, FL 20.2 2010 187 3,778 Columbia, SC 21.9 2012 389 8,533 Moore County, NC 30.8 2011 89 2,739 Oconee County, SC 32.6 2011 74 2,412 SOUTH ATLANTIC (66%) 11.1 51,899 578,307 Animals killed YEAR 1,000s Animals per 1,000 people of people killed Louisville, KY 6.3 2010 1,307 8,265 Russellville, AR 10.2 2010 60 609 Loudon County, TN 17.2 2011 46 793 Memphis, TN 18.0 2010 663 11,906 Knoxville, TN 21.5 2011 432 9,287 Kanawha/Charleston 21.3 2010 304 6,474 Fort Smith, AR 45.4 2011 126 5,725 APPALACHIA (19%) 14.5 15,640 226,780 Austin/Travis Cty, TX 4.6 2010 1,024 4,713 Houston, TX 5.7 2012 2,160 12,245 Houston metro area 9.5 2011 5,946 56,250 San Antonio, TX 9.8 2012 1,383 13,559 Mobile, AL 13.4 2012 195 2,622 New Orleans, LA 15.0 2010 344 5,162 Dallas, TX 16.2 2011 1,241 20,051 Madison County, AL 16.6 2011 320 5,329 Baldwin County, AL 18.7 2011 183 3,428 Fort Worth, FX 22.4 2010 535 12,000 Birmingham, AL 24.2 2010 658 15,907 Tuscaloosa, AL 29.8 2010 195 5,806 Ascension Parish, LA 29.8 2012 110 3,275 El Paso, TX 30.6 2012 827 25,334 Hattiesburg area, MS 46.9 2010 149 6,981 Amarillo, TX 54.5 2011 191 10,411 GULF COAST (31%) 15.5 38,467 596,239 Marion County, IN 1.7 2011 452 839 Dane County, WI 2.2 2012 503 1,092 Chicago, IL 3.5 2012 2,714 9,589 MINNESOTA 5.7 2011 5,304 30,000 Milwaukee County, WI 6.9 2011 948 6,558 Cleveland, OH 7.8 2012 397 3,085 Omaha, NE 8.9 2011 676 5,987 MICHIGAN 9.2 2011 10,080 92,831 Indianapolis, IN 11.1 2010 903 10,104 Calhoun Cty, MI 11.6 2011 136 1,584 Dayton/Montgomery, OH 11.9 2011 535 6,384 Cincinnati, OH 13.1 2011 802 10,502 Detroit metro area 15.1 2010 1,217 18,364 Vermilion Cty, IL 22.4 2012 82 1,825 Fort Wayne/Allen Cty 27.3 2011 355 9,689 MIDWEST (33%) 7.9 71,302 563,286 Yavapai County, AZ 0.8 2013 154 134 Denver, CO 2.1 2011 2,830 6,054 Reno/Washoe, NV 2.8 2012 430 1,224 COLORADO 5.9 2010 5,188 30,787 UTAH 7.8 2012 2,855 22,299 Bernalillo Cty, NM 11.2 2011 671 7,547 Phoenix/Maricopa, AZ 11.8 2011 3,942 46,451 NEVADA 13.2 2011 2,723 35,990 Las Vegas/Clark Cty 14.0 2011 2,036 28,505 Las Cruces, NM 15.5 2011 214 3,322 Tucson, AZ 21.9 2011 990 21,720 NEW MEXICO 26.3 2011 2,086 55,000 Navajo Nation 33.3 2010 180 6,000 WEST (92%) 11.8 22,582 266,468 Whidbey Island, WA 0.8 2012 72 54 Irvine, CA 1.4 2010 213 300 San Francisco, CA 1.6 2012 826 1,324 Portland/Multnomah, OR 2.9 2012 2,226 6,405 Seattle, WA 3.1 2010 603 1,893 El Cajon 3.3 2012 101 336 Orange County, CA 4.2 2012 3,090 13,049 Los Angeles city, CA 4.6 2013 3,857 17,705 Santa Clara Cty, CA 5.1 2011 1,784 9,122 San Diego city/county 5.6 2012 3,177 17,823 Upland, CA 6.9 2011 74 505 Contra Costa Cty, CA 8.4 2011 1,052 8,829 Alameda County, CA 10.5 2011 746 7,805 CALIFORNIA 10.8 2011 38,041 410,739 Kenai borrough, AK 13.2 2011 55 730 Lodi, CA 15.2 2012 63 958 SEACCA, CA 21.3 2011 830 17,641 Kern/Bakersfield, CA 21.5 2011 856 17,850 Maui, HI 33.4 2011 155 5,174 Fresno, CA 33.4 2011 942 31,500 PACIFIC (81%) 10.3 50,960 524,888 U.S. TOTAL (51%) 9.5 312,989 2,976,948 (The regional and national totals appearing in bold are not = tallies of the data used to produce them, but are rather estimates = proportionately weighted to reflect demography. The percentage figure = in parenthesis is the percentage of the human population encompassed = within the shelter service areas from which the totals were derived.) Region Cats killed Dogs killed Ratio NORTHEAST 39,933 21,502 65/35 MID-ATLANTIC 121,253 38,291 76/24 SOUTH ATLANTIC 345,647 230,432 60/40 APPALACHIA 90,712 136,068 40/60 GULF COAST 202,721 393,518 34/66 WEST 165,210 101,258 62/38 MIDWEST 236,580 326,706 42/58 PACIFIC 304,435 220,453 58/42 TOTAL INTAKE 2,409,106 3,166,062 43/57 TOTAL KILLED 1,506,491 1,468,228 51/49
