DOG KILL RATES

DOG KILL RATES

Ohio’s urban counties

Kill rates at dog shelters and pounds in Ohio’s eight most-populous urban counties in order of lowest percentage killed:

Mahoning: 5.7 percent killed, 94.3 percent lived

Summit: 18.8 percent killed, 81.2 percent lived

Stark: 27.4 percent killed, 72.6 percent lived

Hamilton: 29.5 percent killed, 70.5 percent lived

Cuyahoga: 46.1 percent killed, 53.9 percent lived

Franklin: 47.3 percent killed, 52.7 percent lived

Lucas: 56.7 percent killed, 43.3 percent lived

Montgomery: 58 percent killed, 42 percent lived

Ohio dog shelters’ kill rate in remainder of the Mahoning Valley:

Trumbull: 16.3 percent killed, 83.7 percent lived

Columbiana: 14.6 percent killed, 85.4 percent lived

Sources: County dog shelters, The Columbus Dispatch