In the 2021 fiscal year, the number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities put to sleep in Japan amounted to around 14.5 thousand. The number of euthanized animals in Japanese shelter facilities declined steadily in the last decade.
Number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities that were put to sleep in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
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MOE (Japan). (March 13, 2023). Number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities that were put to sleep in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/685493/japan-number-of-euthanized-shelter-animals/
MOE (Japan). "Number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities that were put to sleep in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685493/japan-number-of-euthanized-shelter-animals/
MOE (Japan). (2023). Number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities that were put to sleep in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685493/japan-number-of-euthanized-shelter-animals/
MOE (Japan). "Number of Dogs and Cats at Shelter Facilities That Were Put to Sleep in Japan from Fiscal Year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685493/japan-number-of-euthanized-shelter-animals/
MOE (Japan), Number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities that were put to sleep in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685493/japan-number-of-euthanized-shelter-animals/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of dogs and cats at shelter facilities that were put to sleep in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], MOE (Japan), March 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/685493/japan-number-of-euthanized-shelter-animals/
