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Table 3 Destinations of dogs and cats presented to shelter organisations responding to a UK postal survey in 2010

From: Demographics and economic burden of un-owned cats and dogs in the UK: results of a 2010 census

 

Dogs

Cats

 

Number within organisation

Total (percentage)

Number within organisation

Total (percentage)

 

Median

Inter-quartile range

 

Median

Inter-quartile range

 

Reunited with owner

0

0-0

6,222 (7.1)

1.8

0-4.4

1,331 (1.4)

Rehomed

31

8-100

65,519 (75)

84.5

18.6-179.1

75,860 (77.1)

Still in organisation’s care

0

0-4

5,638 (6.5)

2

0-14.3

3,284 (3.3)

Sent to another welfare organisation

0

0-0

625 (0.7)

0

0-0

609 (0.6)

Euthanased

0

0-2

9,059 (10.4)

1

0-3.5

12,989 (13.2)

Released (e.g. ferals)

not applicable

0

0-2

3,512 (3.6)

Died

0

0-0

154 (0.2)

0

0-1

561 (0.6)

Other

0

0-0

131 (0.1)

0

0-0

202 (0.2)

Total

 

87,348 (100)

 

98,348 (100)

  1. For dogs, data were available from 305 organisations, representing 87348/89571 (97.5 %) of the dogs in the study. For cats, data were available from 194 organisations, representing 98348/156826 (62.7 %) of the cats in the study. For one large organisation, overall central data were not available for cats; therefore data from those of its branches which responded (100/234) were used. Trap-neuter-return is not practised for dogs in the UK.