To educate the public about responsible pet ownership and the need for spaying and neutering to prevent overpopulation. Every dog that is adopted from our shelter is spayed or neutered before it goes to its forever home, saving well over 600,000 puppies from being born in an 8-year period. We have saved over 200,000,000 kittens from being born over an 8-year period. In 2021, we took in 411 dogs, adopted 222 and returned 151 to their owners. We took in 276 cats, adopted 218 and returned 2 to their owners.