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Unclaimed pets face uncertain futures





A cat named Precious was available for adoption this week. A large proportion of cats collected by county animal control workers are pets that go missing and remain unclaimed by owners.Pet cats and dogs both go missing, but being lost is more perilous for felines, local animal control records show.
Back in 2011, 20 percent of dogs that ended up in the county shelter were put down. A total of 56 percent of cats were euthanized, however.
The numbers were closer last year, the report for 2012 sho...

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