63 Reasons Why Animals are Surrendered to 

The Washington Humane Society

Can you guess what the missing words are? Click on each one to find out.

1. Owner is the animal

2. The animal is toward people

3. The animal is toward other animals

4. People in the household are the animal

5. The animal requires too much

6. A left the animal behind

7. Animal people and/or other animals

8. Litter box is offensive

9. Animal other animals

10. Animal chases

11. Animal people

12. won’t care for the animal

13. Animal eats its

14. Animal too much to care for

15. Someone in the household is being to the animal

16. in the family and neither person wants or can keep the animal

17. Animal is in the house

18. Animal is destructive

19. Animal will not commands

20. Animal lacks desired

21. Animal from the house or yard

22. Owner wants the animal euthanized due to

23. Owner wants the animal euthanized due to

24. Owner wants the animal euthanized due to

25. Owner wants the animal euthanized due to

26. Owner wants the animal euthanized due to

27. No pets allowed in

28. Animal jumps the

29. Owner the animal somewhere

30. The animal was a and the person doesn’t want the animal

31. Animal is not

32. Animal is too

33. is ill

34. Animal is

35. Animal on people

36. Animal kills

37. Owner is and can’t take the animal

38. Owner

39. Animal is not

40. Animal is not

41. Owner has no to care for the animal

42. New in the house

43. Animal does not with other animal(s) in the house

44. Animal’s owner

45. Animal’s owner has too many

46. Owner needs assistance to the animal

47. Animal too much

48. Animal doesn’t enough

49. Animal is too

50. Animal is too

51. Too many in household

52. Animal is too

53. Animal is too

54. Owner too much

55. Animal is too

56. Owner wants an animal of the

57. Owner wants an animal of another

58. Animal wants to go too much

59. Family member won’t allow animal in the

60. animal, not allowed to be kept as pet

61. Animal is the wrong

62. Owner of the animal

63. Animal is the wrong

THINK ABOUT IT.

How many of these reasons are things the person could have thought about BEFORE bringing the animal home?

How many could have been fixed with some training?