All pets deserve a name and a loving home.
Please identify your pets.
I Got a Name’s vision is to end euthanasia of adoptable pets. Our mission is to connect adoptable pets to responsible pet owners through e-learning stories, games, and resources. I Got a Name’s stories and games include real-life lessons about companion animals, our responsibility as pet owners, and the efforts of rescues and shelters and other organizations.
Facts About Animal Shelters and Strays:
There are about 13,600 community animal shelters nationwide that are independent. There is no national organization monitoring these shelters. Approximately 6.5 million animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. These are national estimates; the percentage of euthanasia may vary from state to state. (Source: ASPCA)
- Only 710,000 animals who enter shelters as strays return to their owners. Of those, 620,000 are dogs and only 90,000 are cats. Most of these were identified with tags or microchips.Â
- Dogs entering shelters, 50% get adopted and 20% are euthanized.
- Cats entering shelters, 50% get adopted and 27% are euthanized.
- Twice as many animals enter shelters as strays than owner surrender.
- 25% of dogs who enter local shelters are purebred. (Source: NCPPSP)
- 10% of the animals received by shelters are spayed or neutered, while 75% of pets are spayed or neutered. (Source: American Pet Products Association.)
- 20% of people who leave dogs in shelters adopt from a shelter. (Source: NCPPSP)
The purpose of any shelter or rescue is to help pets in need and find homes. Please purchase an identification tag to give your pet a fighting chance. A tag and microchipping cost less than a bag of dog or cat food. So, if your beloved pet goes astray, they might get back home.
One way to keep better track of our pets is we could place pets on the blockchain! If we can identify a crop’s location down to the row it’s grown, then we should be able to keep better track of our beloved pets. Instead of having different microchip providers, dealing with lapsed subscriptions, or those services not having owners’ current information, we can combine all efforts and scan a QR Code on a tag or chip that helps get a pet home, by blockchain. Start with city animal control shelters and work out to veterinarians, animal organizations, and other corporations.