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PET – Shelter Pet

State Animal

State Pet

Shelter Pet

In the United States, over six million companion animals are surrendered to shelters every year. Nearly a million of these animals are euthanized every year due to overcrowding.

In 2015, the California Legislature declared the shelter pet the official state pet as part of an effort to increase adoptions in the state.

(Assembly Concurrent Resolution 56, Chapter 184, 2015)

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