The statistics are less grim at no-kill shelters.

Most private shelters are typically run as no-kill shelters.

This is a no-kill shelter, which screens the whole adoptive family before releasing an animal.

She had spotted Bailey at a pet giveaway sponsored by a local no-kill shelter.

Klapper also is involved with various animal rescue organizations, walking and caring for dogs at a no-kill shelter on Long Island.

The mission of the humane society is to be a no-kill shelter and not set a "time limit" for any animal.

A no-kill shelter is a shelter that saves all healthy, treatable and rehabilitatable animals.

Media reports in October 2007 says that "the no-kill shelter has failed numerous health and safety inspections."

Now the society runs a private no-kill shelter in Manhattan that takes in a fraction of that - 1,979 animals last year.

The group takes action to remove distressed animals from their environments, taking them to no-kill shelters or rehabilitation facilities.