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