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• Feature OUTCOMES OF NSW ABANDONED DOGS 2016-2017 Compiled by Corinne Daw

STATISTICS = LIVES!

STATISTICS… “ the practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for
the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.” Never been interested in
statistics? Me neither. But when a collection of numbers and percentages mean the difference between life and
death those numbers become hugely important, not only to the animals themselves, but to justice.

In 2016-2017, in NSW alone 33,787 Dogs were euthanized in NSW Families cannot be wrong! This
dogs were impounded. Of those pounds in the year 2016-2017. is the amount of doggies, of all
dogs 15,876 were reclaimed by For the unclaimed dogs lucky breeds( from purebreds to
their owners, 3,618 were rehomed enough to be rescued from crossbreeds ), ages and sizes
from pounds and 8,565 were pounds by shelters that means who have currently been
transferred to rescue groups or there are about 2,000 pre loved adopted from DoggieRescue
shelters. 5,272 dogs, which is pets waiting for adoption at any by their new loving families. By
15.7% or 29.7% of non claimed time. Please, when thinking of adopting a rescue dog you make
dogs were killed. Almost 500 dogs adding to your fur family choose room for another dog on Death
remained in NSW pounds at 30/6/17 to ADOPT—DON’T SHOP! Row’s life to be saved.