Shelter Animals Count released their 2024 data - I haven't read it yet because I need to fulfill my contractual continuing education first. But I have some highlights here.

Dog adoptions are continuing on a downward trend.
A lot of people are blaming this on the quality of ‘product’, but I'm not buying that excuse. There is a clear correlation between the lack of affordable homes/apartments, and the decrease in dog ownership with the decrease of dog adoptions. Simply put, landlords and insurance agencies are going to make sure we aren’t allowed to have dogs in a very roundabout manner.

Some good news is cat adoptions were higher - not as big of an increase in previous years but still a positive trend. I think the cost of pet ownership and lack of economic confidence has slowed pet adoption.