The original question posed at the source was "Which comes closest to your views?
1) Animal shelters should only be allowed to euthanize animals when they are too sick to be treated or too aggressive to to be adopted
2)Sometimes animal shelters should be allowed to euthanize animals as a necessary way of controlling the population of animals."
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Americans' opinions about animal shelters euthanizing pets
This statistic shows the results of a 2011 survey among American adults regarding euthanizing animals at animal shelters. ** percent of respondents stated that animal shelters should only be allowed to euthanize animals when they are too sick to be treated or too aggressive to to be adopted.
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