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Originally Posted by lauren001
That is condescending in the extreme.
I know about the politicising of the dog/cat/pet problem in the US, I have read it from both sides, both have an agenda, so it is difficult to have an opinion, without first-hand experience.
However the UK is a different kettle of fish.
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I apologize that you read my sentence as condescending. It was a truthful question on my part. I have been looking to find people who do know the numbers.
If you look at the numbers of dogs which are required to fill the void of those that die each year (a canine population of 8 million, at the average death age of 11.25, would need 711, 111 to replace those lost each year) and the numbers of dogs offered for adoption from shelters, is there an overpopulation? . . . or is it like it is here, that although it might be incredibly difficult to place dogs from shelters, that there really are more than enough homes (but those people often are choosing to go elsewhere)?
The percentage needed here, of people wanting dogs from shelters, for no-kill to be achieved, is in the low/mid twenties.
And I do understand that in the UK there is a different culture around dogs and breeding, but I have to ask why the solutions to shelter killings would be so different?