Animal Welfare Professionals

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Hello all,

I found a statistic once stating that an open-admission shelter can expect to intake 3% of the human population.  I have been unsuccessful in relocating this number.  Does anyone know the nation-wide number for this or a location that may have this information?

Thank you!

#AdmissionsandIntake(includingIntake-to-placement)

I've never seen that but if you can't find anything, you could check it using Census population data and see how it compares to the intake numbers of the shelter/s you're interested in. 

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Maria Saucedo
GIS Analyst
Pets for Life at HSUS
Baltimore, MD
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