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Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a leading partner in animal welfare, today released new findings from the 2024 Hill’s Pet Nutrition State of Shelter Pet Adoption Report. The research, which provides insights from a socio-economically diverse group of 2,500 current and prospective pet owners, provides a deeper understanding of consumer perceptions and behaviors driving the increase in animal intakes in animal shelters and decrease in adoption rates.
For the fourth year in a row, animal shelters across the country are facing an over-capacity crisis. According to Shelter Animals Count, 6.5 million cats and dogs entered shelters and rescues in 2023 alone, and populations increased by 900,000 animals since January 2021. New data from Shelter Animals Count indicates that animals of all sizes are experiencing an increased length of stay compared to 2019, fueling the shelter capacity crisis.
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«Collaboration and a community-centric approach are crucial to finding impactful ways to address pet homelessness and over-capacity issues in animal shelters,» said Dr. Karen Shenoy, US Chief Veterinary Officer at Hill’s Pet Nutrition. «Outside of our more than 22 year history of providing nutritional support to more than 1,000 animal shelters, we are also committed to providing support beyond nutrition to give our shelter partners and the broader animal welfare community data and insights to help us work collectively to create a happier and healthier world for pets and the people who care for them.»
One way we do that is by supplying shelters with quality nutrition to help shelter pets be healthy, happy and more adoptable. Since 2002, the Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love program has provided more than $300 million worth of dog and cat nutrition to more than 1,000 animal shelters.»
The report also features insights from animal welfare leaders and highlights innovative shelter programs to provide possible pathways and solutions to removing barriers, minimizing owner surrenders and supporting more adoptions.
