"I'd like to see your data supporting this claim. It may be true....or it may not. I dunno!"

Animal Control Departments have public records that may hep, such as the number of registered animals, numbers of surrendered animals, numbers of abused,neglected animals that have been reported or cited, and number of complaints considering pet dumping and feral animals.

Additionally, private nuisance animal control and shelters also keep records of animals surrendered, rescued or caught.