"It is impossible to know, even remotely, how many animals are destroyed every year in Canada because nobody is keeping track. Conservatively, it is in the hundreds of thousands of animals. The fact is that our shelters are overrun, our rescues are filled to the brim and there is still a continuous stream of animals being born every year in commercial facilities, back yard breeders or are simply "mistakes". We are all part of the problem when we continue to create the demand by supporting this market and we are responsible for the suffering that results when we demand babies when perfectly lovely animals (who were once babies themselves) are waiting earnestly for 'forever' homes..."
