Did you know an estimated 6 to 8 million dogs and cats are euthanized each year?... I knew the number was high, but that's ridiculously high. Every year, a "Pet Holocaust" is occuring!!!....
While this blog tends to highlight the lighter side of doggy issues, this statistic is not funny at all ... And it should serve as a wake up call to dog lovers and pet enthusiasts worldwide.
It woke me up... It woke me up like one of Watson's loudest barks.
This is a serious issue... And it demands serious attention RIGHT NOW!
I'm an impatient ASS! So lets get straight to the facts:
We already know that 61% of households in the U.S. don't own a dog (*humane society).... So I did the math and figured that to be about 20 million households who don't own a dog.
Now if a quarter of those households were to adopt a dog this year, the pet overpopulation problem would be solved... just like that!
But we have to be realistic. we're not going to persuade every household in America to adopt a dog... not even a quarter of them.
So let's re-calibrate - What if we strive for just 5% of those 20 million - That's one million households... If we persuaded them, that would mean 1 million dogs saved
So how do we do that?
1. We need to establish a grassroots effort like never before...
2. We need to do it with passion and charisma...
3. We need a catchy name....
That's why I've come up with = "The Million 'Barks' Project"
We humans need to Bark!... And we need to bark LOUD - louder than our dogs... We also need to bark as one - As one large, powerful dog loving community.
In the coming months, I'm going to set up a Barkathon, as well as numerous other activities to make the public more aware of this troubling situation.
I invite you to bark with me and join "The Million Barks Project".
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