**Rutherford County P.A.W.S. (Murfreesboro, TN, Rutherford County) logged 8,612 pets into the shelter for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. Most of those, some 5,423 dogs, cats and other domestic animals and wildlife were euthanized. Owners reclaimed 434 pets, and some 2,104 were adopted
*taken from the Murfreesboro Post
**Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Control (Charlotte, NC, Mecklenburg County) statistics:
The month of July 2006 ONLY:
Incoming animals: 2170
Outgoing animals: 2177
Adoptions: 282
Total Reclaims: 175
Total Euthanized: 1632
Year End Totals: Incoming: 20,733 Outgoine: 20,602 Adopted: 3606 Total Euthanized: 14,113
*taken from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Website
**Hillsborough Animal Services euthanizes nearly 30,000 animals a year, giving it the highest per-capita rate of any Florida county
*taken from the St Petersburg Times
**Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter, Jefferson, LA, took in 13,837 animals at its two shelters and put down 9,609, for a rate of 69 percent, in 2006.
*taken from The Times Picayune