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© The Chow Chow Club, Inc. |
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Calls
& Emails Received
Number of Homeless
Chows & Chow mixes reported
Reasons Chows
were homeless
Grants paid
Homeless Chows by state
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Calls & Emails
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1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Information, questions |
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2 |
48 |
95 |
96 |
229 |
303 |
395 |
458 |
431 |
358 |
265 |
196 |
220 |
to report homeless Chow Chows & mixes* |
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194 |
260 |
415 |
540 |
982 |
1337 |
1673 |
1888 |
1996 |
1775 |
1303 |
1265 |
995 |
adoption/purchase inquiries |
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152 |
483 |
623 |
574 |
603 |
538 |
474 |
345 |
237 |
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Total Calls & Emails |
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196 |
308 |
510 |
636 |
1363 |
2123 |
2691 |
2920 |
3030 |
2671 |
2042 |
1806 |
1452 |
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Total Homeless Dogs Reported: |
Chow Chows |
314 |
431 |
521 |
600 |
1160
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1496
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1751
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2016 |
1950 |
1558 |
1623 |
1619 |
1198 |
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Chow Mixes |
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8 |
21 |
29 |
165 |
177 |
419 |
505 |
710 |
709 |
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Chows Homeless or Unwanted because: |
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1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Strays, owner unknown |
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45 |
60 |
94 |
110 |
246 |
371 |
421 |
445 |
494 |
322 |
333 |
306 |
261 |
given up by owner, reason unknown |
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66 |
53 |
64 |
65 |
155 |
217 |
240 |
187 |
170 |
160 |
78 |
in shelters, reason unknown |
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53 |
46 |
109 |
229 |
199 |
390 |
244 |
194 |
248 |
252 |
189 |
sold at auction |
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74 |
24 |
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2 |
5 |
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8 |
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authorities removed from owner |
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55 |
27 |
54 |
5 |
23 |
39 |
32 |
23 |
16 |
22 |
56 |
58 |
15 |
owner moved |
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17 |
35 |
55 |
75 |
89 |
148 |
194 |
188 |
198 |
166 |
145 |
154 |
131 |
landlord problems |
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2 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
28 |
21 |
15 |
22 |
21 |
14 |
16 |
19 |
10 |
owner evicted or home destroyed |
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12 |
21 |
7 |
20 |
9 |
16 |
10 |
8 |
13 |
16 |
23 |
90* |
fights with other dog |
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4 |
10 |
22 |
28 |
50 |
37 |
68 |
57 |
44 |
36 |
55 |
39 |
25 |
abandoned @ clinics, boarding kennels,
etc. |
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4 |
8 |
9 |
15 |
16 |
36 |
24 |
17 |
25 |
8 |
11 |
13 |
8 |
chases cats, pets, livestock |
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1 |
9 |
4 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
16 |
11 |
13 |
14 |
6 |
7 |
behavior problems, runs away, etc. |
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2 |
7 |
10 |
13 |
15 |
14 |
22 |
15 |
8 |
18 |
13 |
11 |
7 |
bites |
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16 |
18 |
21 |
37 |
47 |
57 |
58 |
62 |
48 |
33 |
40 |
18 |
15 |
family has allergies, asthma |
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4 |
4 |
7 |
13 |
15 |
22 |
17 |
11 |
13 |
15 |
19 |
13 |
11 |
dog isn't good with kids |
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10 |
22 |
16 |
37 |
34 |
31 |
32 |
32 |
38 |
27 |
26 |
9 |
expecting/just had baby, scared about dog |
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2 |
4 |
8 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
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3 |
1 |
worried about dog with kids |
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16 |
7 |
18 |
15 |
14 |
12 |
7 |
13 |
14 |
expecting/just had baby, no time for dog |
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3 |
8 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
divorced |
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2 |
6 |
1 |
10 |
12 |
19 |
16 |
16 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
13 |
11 |
owner's illness or death |
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2 |
18 |
21 |
22 |
64 |
52 |
68 |
102 |
93 |
121 |
100 |
124 |
76 |
breeder couldn't sell |
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1 |
9 |
2 |
10 |
36 |
23 |
40 |
56 |
63 |
30 |
20 |
28 |
11 |
owners left dog in yard when moved |
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1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
22 |
26 |
26 |
20 |
24 |
25 |
38 |
21 |
9 |
owner went to school or
military |
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1 |
1 |
2 |
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4 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
6 |
owner went to jail or rehab |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
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5 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
don't want or "no time for dog" |
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17 |
17 |
36 |
70 |
113 |
96 |
110 |
109 |
86 |
97 |
63 |
56 |
job requires travel, no time for dog |
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1 |
6 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
owner would like to travel |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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1 |
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2 |
petstore or kennel closed |
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13 |
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breeder doesn't want |
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6 |
8 |
1 |
11 |
9 |
21 |
7 |
15 |
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shelter closed |
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11 |
1 |
6 |
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13 |
6 |
1 |
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7 |
neighbors complaining |
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22 |
7 |
2 |
31 |
11 |
2 |
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6 |
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"I have too many dogs" |
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1 |
1 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
13 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
13 |
15 |
"I can't take care of or can't
afford" |
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4 |
2 |
19 |
29 |
30 |
10 |
30 |
39 |
36 |
29 |
22 |
family or friends don't like |
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3 |
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5 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
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2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
"dog is too much work" |
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2 |
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4 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
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1 |
insurance company doesn't like Chows |
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3 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
no yard or place to keep |
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8 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
separation anxiety, fear of storms |
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6 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
5 |
dog has medical problems |
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1 |
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3 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
5 |
dog became pregnant |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
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too big for house, no room |
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4 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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"dog needs more space" |
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3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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4 |
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dog is too old |
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1 |
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getting a different dog |
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1 |
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opening day care business |
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3 |
1 |
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1 |
3 |
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dog is too playful |
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2 |
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3 |
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4 |
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3 |
going on vacation |
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1 |
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kids let dog loose too much |
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2 |
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doesn't want hair in house |
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1 |
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not good watchdog |
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1 |
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won't breed or not good enough to
breed |
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3 |
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1 |
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just had yard landscaped |
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1 |
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dog not active enough |
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1 |
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has more dogs than city allows |
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23 |
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pushed out of car |
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3 |
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5 |
stray in shelter, owners know
but won't reclaim |
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10 |
6 |
2 |
over legal dog limit |
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52 |
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building new house,
remodeling house |
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Notes about these
statistics:
- Calls & emails -- refers to calls/emails
rec'd by the CCCI Welfare Hotline number at 608-756-2008 and the
chowwelfare.com email addresses. Calls and emails are only counted
once per situation.
- Information/questions -- refers to all
contacts seeking information not directly related to a homeless dog, i.e.
grooming, training, "how long do Chows live?", etc.
- Mixes -- as of May 2000, CCCI Welfare stopped
providing assistance to Chow mixes because of limited
resources. Mix contacts were not fully tallied after that
date. Beginning in 2003, mix contacts are no longer tallied
at all.
- Adoption/purchase inquiries -- these inquiries
were not recorded until July 1997.
Why did our numbers increase so dramatically in
1997? The answer is improved visibility via the web! The CCCI
Welfare website went online in November 1996. The number of inquiries and
reports of homeless Chows jumped immediately and continued to rise throughout
1997 resulting in a more than 100% increase in contacts across the
board.
2002 demonstrates the first significant decrease
in homeless Chow contacts and numbers of homeless Chows since we began keeping
records! This is the beginning (we hope) of a long-awaited decline in
rescue numbers that correspond with the decreasing Chow population in general, a
number that peaked in 1989 when the AKC registered over 50,000 Chows and the
breed ranked #6 in popularity.
2005 marked another significant decrease in
numbers of homeless Chows. Approximately 40-50 Chows were left homeless as
a result of Hurricane Katrina and other disasters.
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Grants paid to
rescue volunteers toward the
medical care of homeless Chow Chows awaiting adoption:
1999 |
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$ 2,787.25 |
2000 |
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$ 3,247.56 |
2001 |
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$ 5,400.25 |
2002 |
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$ 4,534.50 |
2003 |
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$ 5,194.85 |
2004 |
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$ 6,390.45 |
2005 |
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$ 3,257.75 |
2006 |
so far |
$ 4,254.43 |
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Chow Chows by state:
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1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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Alaska |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Alabama |
16 |
9 |
29 |
29 |
15 |
7 |
15 |
6 |
Arizona |
19 |
28 |
23 |
30 |
20 |
24 |
22 |
19 |
Arkansas |
3 |
9 |
6 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
California |
113 |
130 |
182 |
199 |
120 |
192 |
181 |
102 |
Colorado |
11 |
11 |
12 |
21 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
Connecticut |
9 |
11 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
19 |
23 |
13 |
Delaware |
4 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
Florida |
62 |
94 |
100 |
126 |
124 |
139 |
165 |
115 |
Georgia |
21 |
51 |
37 |
33 |
32 |
37 |
61 |
32 |
Hawaii |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Idaho |
13 |
17 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
Illinois |
137 |
167 |
230 |
142 |
117 |
75 |
70 |
45 |
Indiana |
84 |
79 |
95 |
88 |
53 |
89 |
104 |
59 |
Iowa |
5 |
13 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
14 |
9 |
4 |
Kansas |
5 |
11 |
16 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
9 |
4 |
Kentucky |
27 |
28 |
36 |
24 |
12 |
25 |
21 |
27 |
Louisiana |
16 |
12 |
8 |
16 |
15 |
12 |
8 |
54 |
Maine |
7 |
3 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Maryland |
31 |
24 |
26 |
14 |
25 |
57 |
29 |
26 |
Massachusetts |
19 |
14 |
16 |
23 |
12 |
15 |
12 |
7 |
Michigan |
83 |
91 |
119 |
153 |
96 |
84 |
51 |
49 |
Minnesota |
20 |
22 |
30 |
32 |
25 |
19 |
19 |
9 |
Mississippi |
4 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
Missouri |
34 |
46 |
39 |
30 |
26 |
15 |
17 |
23 |
Montana |
6 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
Nebraska |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
Nevada |
8 |
9 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
New Hampshire |
7 |
4 |
11 |
11 |
5 |
27 |
1 |
6 |
New Jersey |
89 |
71 |
57 |
55 |
37 |
41 |
74 |
38 |
New Mexico |
4 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
New York |
125 |
77 |
124 |
112 |
93 |
88 |
81 |
63 |
North Carolina |
49 |
60 |
75 |
98 |
65 |
51 |
49 |
41 |
North Dakota |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ohio |
45 |
101 |
104 |
108 |
93 |
77 |
85 |
57 |
Oklahoma |
4 |
9 |
19 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
13 |
13 |
Oregon |
4 |
4 |
6 |
9 |
11 |
18 |
44 |
9 |
Pennsylvania |
63 |
63 |
62 |
53 |
73 |
86 |
56 |
55 |
Rhode Island |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
South Carolina |
19 |
24 |
41 |
22 |
17 |
15 |
24 |
23 |
South Dakota |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Tennessee |
24 |
32 |
36 |
48 |
34 |
28 |
51 |
38 |
Texas |
108 |
104 |
129 |
83 |
74 |
54 |
70 |
50 |
Utah |
4 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
Vermont |
4 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
Virginia & Wash DC |
39 |
56 |
37 |
72 |
34 |
60 |
32 |
33 |
Washington |
12 |
9 |
27 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
West Virginia |
7 |
19 |
8 |
18 |
9 |
14 |
13 |
16 |
Wisconsin |
60 |
104 |
86 |
109 |
63 |
68 |
54 |
33 |
Wyoming |
7 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
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Location not specified |
40 |
71 |
70 |
74 |
93 |
72 |
59 |
42 |
Canada |
14 |
21 |
19 |
18 |
28 |
22 |
20 |
3 |
Other foreign countries |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Notes about these statistics:
- Counts of homeless Chows by state were
recorded beginning in 1998.
- Our record of homeless Chow Chows by state is
only somewhat representative of the actual numbers of Chows in need in their
respective states. To shelters in some states, primarily southern and
rural ones, rescue is still a new and under-used resource. In states
where there is an active Chow rescue group such as Texas and Illinois (as of
2001), people in need of assistance often call the respective group rather
than contacting CCCI Welfare.
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