A SPECIAL REPORT: PETS
HOPEFUL TREND: Things are looking up for the strays of Orange County. At the County Animal Shelter from 1986 through 1990, adoption was up by 10% and euthanasia down 12%. . . . “We believe it’s because people are being more responsible in spaying and neutering their pets,” a spokeswoman said. “There are fewer stray animals, and as a result, people are coming here looking for animals where they might have found them on the street corner before.” . . . Footnote: In 1990, half the euthanasia at the pound was done at the request of the pets’ owners.
Shelter Adoptions
More pets are being adopted and fewer are being detroyed at the County Animal Shelter.
‘86
Adoptions*: 18%
Euthanasia*: 62%
‘90
Adoptions*: 28%
Euthanasia*: 50%
Source: Orange County Animal Control
* As a percentage of total dogs and cats at shelter that year
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