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shelters · dogs and cats killed in shelters · united states
born 1950 13 500 000 → 700 000 a year thirteen to twenty million a year in the 1970s. under a million now.
method HSUS/ASPCA/Shelter Animals Count decade anchors, interpolated.
born 1970 13 500 000 → 700 000 a year about 95% fewer than when you were born.
spay and neuter did most of it. the rest was rooms, and people. still: under a million a year, healthy, because nobody came.
born 1990 7 916 666 → 700 000 a year about 91% fewer than when you were born.
spay and neuter did most of it. the rest was rooms, and people. still: under a million a year, healthy, because nobody came.
born 2010 2 771 428 → 700 000 a year about 75% fewer than when you were born.
spay and neuter did most of it. the rest was rooms, and people. still: under a million a year, healthy, because nobody came.
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=shelters" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · shelters"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- HSUS/ASPCA/Shelter Animals Count decade anchors, interpolated.
- range
- ±30% on early decades
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- 1970s figures are ranges (13–20 million); the site uses the low end.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-097 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0