Shelter Data

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2024 Florida Shelter Data: Statewide Improvements… Published on October 1, 2025 Are Florida shelters turning the corner on the post-pandemic adoption slump?…

“How many cats and dogs are admitted to shelters each year and what happens to them?” Our statewide census of animals that pass through more than 150 animal shelters across the state has the answers.

Shelter admissions of free-roaming animals and former pets surged across Florida in 2021.

Here's what we found in our most recent survey of Florida animal shelters.

Florida’s animal shelters collectively pushed dog and cat lifesaving to a new milestone in 2019.

Haston R, Abbondanza M, Buckman J, Cosby-Jennings S, Dixon J, Fricke I, Haworth D, Ippoliti-Smith M, Kelley N, Levy JK, Kent S, Kilmer V, McHugh-Smith J, Pedersen L, Robertson J, Reed A, Telford J, Thompson S, Webber D, White S, and Zeidman S. 2018 Shelter Animals Count.