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Older animals are particularly hard to place, leaving them at much higher risk of being put down.
So to him, "letting seniors adopt older dogs makes sense."
Making, and maintaining, matchesIn October, Takahashi's nonprofit, no-kill dog shelter launched its "Senior Dog Supporter" program, enabling retirees to foster aging canines.
Pack-oriented animals, dogs are programmed to lavish unconditional affection on their owners, who are often on their own and starved for attention.
The most recent data available, from 2017, shows that about 35,000 cats and 8,000 dogs were euthanized, most of them hard-to-place older animals.