Global Effects
Dealing with a population of unwanted companion animals is a major concern to animal welfare and animal rights groups. Companion animal overpopulation can also be an ecological concern. It is also a financial problem: capturing, impounding and eventual euthanasia costs taxpayers and private agencies millions of dollars each year.
Read more about this topic: Overpopulation In Companion Animals
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