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 May 06, 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 May 06, 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: May 06, 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 May 06, 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/