Seattle Humane sets record for pet adoptions in 2012
Jan 7, 2013, 7:10 AM | Updated: 7:48 am
Altogether, the organization gave futures to 97.2 percent of the animals it took in, which is one of the highest in the nation for a shelter of it's size. (Image courtesy Seattle Humane's Facebook page)
(Image courtesy Seattle Humane's Facebook page)
Seattle Humane, The Humane Society for Seattle and King County, has thousands of reasons to celebrate the year just ended.
This year they saved thousands of lives: 6,044 lives.
A total of 5,668 dogs, cats, and other pets adopted. Seattle Humane successfully completed more than 7,000 surgical procedures including about 2,600 animals spayed and neutered.
Altogether, Society CEO David Loewe said several records were broken and the Bellevue shelter now holds one of the nation’s highest life-saving rates for open-door shelters of it’s size. Of the animals they take in, 97.2 percent of them leave again for new homes.
Loewe said crunching the numbers from 2012 showed they saved several lives and brought people and pets together.
“But we don’t do it alone,” Loewe told Q-13 Fox. “Our community stands beside us every step of the way and we couldn’t do it without them.”
The numbers released show 600 volunteer pet “foster parents” gave more than 100,000 hours of their time caring for special needs animals.
Loewe maintained Seattle Humane has no intention of resting on it’s laurels. “The animals are counting on us, the community depends on us, and we will be there for them.” New and higher goals are being set for 2013.
