What is the reason for putting animals to sleep in shelters?

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1. satyajeet
   

   Since animal shelters take in all animals in need there is a requrement for space.  As an influx of new animals continue to arrive the previous animals that have stayed for a long period of time are then put to sleep since nobody has come to claim or adopt the animal.  So in essence the newly arrived animals are cycled into the system until their stay is outted by new arrivals.

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2. Guest629
   

   Because despite the incredible amount of adoptable/available pets in the United States,  dog and cat  Breeder's continue to churn out hundreds of thousands dogs and cats every year.
   
     This, along with unspayed/nuetered animals contributes to an astounding birth rate, that leads to far more animals than there are people to take them.

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3. Guest6082
   

   I don't care about what ever reasonable answers people are able to supply (however justified they are) putting animals to sleep is WRONG! Taking a alive beings life in your hands and deciding weather they're able to live or not is WRONG. They're not god. u r a-holes!!!! u dodos

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4. Guest5755
   

   <p>I don't care about what ever reasonable answers people are able to supply (however justified they are) putting animals to sleep is WRONG! Taking a alive beings life in your hands and deciding weather they're able to live or not is WRONG. They're not god. u r a-holes!!!! u dodos</p>

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