FACTS: Roughly eight million unwanted pets enter shelters in the U.S. each year. Millions more are born, never to even be counted. Most animals that enter shelters do not come out alive. Many shelters are bursting at the seams creating a nationwide crisis of animal abandonment. Over two billion dollars are spent in the U.S. each year on animal control (collection, housing and disposal), while only a tiny fraction of that is spent on preventing unplanned litters. The most bas