June: Adopt-A-Shelter Cat Month

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Adopt one of the millions of cats in US shelters.

[2]Approximately 4 million cats end up in shelters every year, including thousands born every spring and summer during “kitten season.”

To help promote adoptions of these fun, affectionate animals, join millions of pet-owners to celebrate Adopt-A-Cat Month each June.

Did you know?

In 2006, nearly half of pet owners, or 49.7%, considered their pets to be family members.

There are more than 72 million pet dogs in the U.S. and nearly 82 million pet cats.

U.S. pet ownership, 2007, by AVMA[3]

	Dogs	Cats	Birds	Horses
Percent of households owning	37.2%	32.4%	3.9%	1.8%
Number of households owning	43,021,000	37,460,000	4,453,000	2,087,000
Average number owned per household	1.7	2.2	2.5	3.5
Total number in United States	72,114,000	81,721,000	11,199,000	7,295,000
Veterinary visits per household per year (mean)	2.6	1.7	0.3	2.2
Veterinary expenditure per household per year (mean)	$356	$190	$25	$360
Veterinary expenditure per animal (mean)	$200	$81	$9	$92

For more information on how you can help, please visit Safe Heaven for Cats [4] or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals [5].
For No Kill Animal Shelter Directory, please click here [6].

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