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Gov. Reeves Declares ‘Mississippi Loves Animal Shelters Month’

Gov. Tate Reeves declared January as Mississippi Loves Animal Shelters Month as part of an animal welfare organization’s initiative to make the Magnolia state a no-kill state.

No-kill animal shelters are those that save 90% or more of the animals in their care but may euthanize 10% or fewer animals with “irreparable medical or behavioral issues that compromise their quality of life,” the Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization with a goal of ending the killing of animals in shelters in 2025, said in the press release.

“I was proud to proclaim January as Mississippi Loves Shelter Animals Month,” Gov. Tate Reeves said in a Jan. 15 statement to the Mississippi Free Press. “Shelters across Mississippi are doing great work finding safe and loving homes for animals. I encourage Mississippians to consider adopting the next time they want to bring home a new pet.”

The Best Friends Animal Society has a national Pet Lifesaving Dashboard for the U.S. that shows statistics regarding killed animals, saved animals, animals that have entered shelters and the number of no-kill shelters in each state

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With 81% of shelters reporting data to the Best Friends Animal Society, Mississippi has at least 57 animal shelters spread across 44 counties, with 24 shelters having no-kill policies. With just 42% of animal shelters having no-kill policies, Mississippi falls behind the U.S. average of 64%.

Best Friends Animal Society data show that 59,443 cats and dogs entered Mississippi’s shelters in 2023, saving 47,258 lives and killing 7,097 at a save rate of 79.5%. The animal society’s data does not show what happened to the remaining 5,088 cats and dogs.

Mississippians can help reduce the number of animals dying in shelters by adopting and fostering pets, the shelter animal advocacy organization’s website says. It says most shelters need kitten fosters in the spring and summer and that dogs over 40 pounds do not get adopted as quickly as smaller dogs.

“Mississippi is making substantial progress in pet lifesaving, but requires

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