1. Pet Adoption Project

2. Members oBarbara MacDonald oBecky Snyder oHolly Spencer oMercedes Tejera oCassie Witten

3. Our Objectives oInform the community about what is happening with this population of animals. oPromote adoptions with Poster Exhibit and a Carnival. oEndorse consciousness about pets in society. oTell the location of some NWA shelters.

4. Tasks Completed Each team member contacted as many local shelters as possible Photographed animals at shelters Learned information about each individual shelter Nationwide data collected on Internet Promoted Annual Howl-o-Ween Carnival Displayed poster at NWACC to promote local animals available for adoption

5. Pet Overpopulation Every year millions of animals are needlessly disposed of, simply because there are not enough homes for them all –In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can theoretically produce 420,000 cats –In six years, one female dog and her offspring can theoretically produce 67,000 dogs

6. Howl-O-Ween Carnival 2006

12. Math Component

15. Average Outcome

16. Absolute and Relative Change Entering 1995-4,064,540 Absolute=2,845,319 2010-6,909,859 Relative=70% Euthanized 1995-2,564,725 Absolute=1,813,535 2010-4,378,260 Relative= 70.7% Adopted 1995-963,287 Absolute=899,592 2010-1,862,879 Relative=93.3%

17. The Solution Spay or Neuter your pet Keep I.D. tags on your pets Adopt a pet from your local shelter Donate –Supplies –Money –Volunteer your time

18. Available for Adoption Penny Chaco Agnas Rico AKA BonBon Sable Gemini

19. Shelters oBellavista http://www.petfinder.org oBentonville http://www.petfinder.org oCenterton http://www.h4ha.org oRogers http://www.pawdsquad.org