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Adopting vs. Shopping- Does It Really Matter?

Adopting vs. Shopping- Does It Really Matter?

BY: Savanna Pruitt According to the Humane Society of the United States, nearly 3.3 million dogs enter U.S. animal shelters every year. It sounds like there are plenty of pets who need good homes to go around, right?  According to data from the same report, only 1.6 million dogs are adopted from those shelters each year. That number seems great, and it is definitely nothing to sneeze at. However, we have to consider what happens to the rest of the animals who don’t get adopted. Unfortunately, approximately 670,000 dogs of the remaining 1.7 million are euthanized annually, and 1.1 million…
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