Shelters

I find it very frustrating that people can not see the under lying reason we have shelters and rescues.

Were do you think the majority of those dogs come from? I am not saying ALL but the majority of dogs in a shelter (etc) are a mixed breed from irresponsible owners, this is roughly 75% of dogs in shelters. You have the general public out there screaming about puppy mills (YES puppy mills are bad, that is not what this post is about) and breeders alike, yet doing nothing to make sure they, themselves, do not have a litter (go ahead,,,,check out your Sunday paper classifieds)

Lets look at a few more stats:
The numbers for shelter dogs are 6-8 MILLION a year.
Owners reclaim from shelters is 30%. These are people that actively look for their dog, or have some identification on their dog.
Did you know 80% of the dogs found after Hurricane Katrina did not have any identification, not a collar with id, not a tattoo nor a chip. 
How many dogs in the shelter do you think would be Owner Reclaims if they had to have some type of permanent ID on their dog?