I just added up the litters reported from January through August 2004 and the total is 3,255. Multiplied by 1.5 we get 4,882, a reasonable projection of what the year-end total will be. If that holds up it will continue the downward trend in breedings over the past several years:

2004 4882*
2003 5171
2002 5205
2001 5015
2000 5234
1999 5266
1998 5034
1997 5192
1996 5438
1995 5749

*est.

If something close to the top figure holds up, overall numbers will have been reduced by 15% in the past decade and 39% from the all-time peak of 8049 in 1991.

With breeding numbers down and adoption numbers up dramatically every year, isn't it possible to assume that full adoption is achievable?

Is there any popular breed that can come close to making such a claim? Does the AKC publish similar numbers for all their breeds? Are AKC breeders required to provide documentation of breedings and litters? Who ensures that pups raised and sold for profit find suitable homes? Who are the watchdogs for Lab welfare, GSD welfare or Pit Bull welfare?

Who protests stuff like this or even cares?
CLOVERLEAF AIDS HS IN LABRADOR RESCUE
http://www.greybase.com/index.asp?mn...icle&artid=197

Cloverleaf track personnel nursed those dogs back to health until they could go to shelters. All the survivors found homes. I wonder if that story made Greyhound Network News.