Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Buff ran on the Republican ticket, against John Adams and Charles Pinckney for the Federalists. The Republican candidates won handily, but both received the same number of electoral votes, thus throwing the selection of the president into the House of Representatives.
â¢ Number of cats and dogs born every day in the U.S.: 70,000 (nearly 3,000 born every hour or 50 born every minute) â¢ Number of stray cats and dogs living in the U.S.: 70 million. â¢ Number of animals in the U.S. that die each year from cruelty, neglect, and exploitation: 30 million. â¢ Number of animal shelters in the U.S.: 4,000 â 6,000. â¢ Number of cats and dogs entering U.S. shelters each year: 6 â 8 million. â¢ Number of cats and dogs euthanized by U.S. shelters each year: 3 â 4 million (nearly 10,000 animals killed every day) â¢ Number of cats and dogs adopted by U.S. shelters each year: 3 â 4 million.
CDC statistics show nearly 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year. Half of dog bite victims are children. Though only about 40 canine bites a year are fatal according to the group dogsbite.org, the CDC reports that nearly 27,000 people require reconstructive surgery yearly as the result of a dog bite.