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media type="custom" key="10799338" Spears, Brian. "Pet overpopulation: the problem multiplies." //E: the// //Environmental Magazine// 6 (Sept.-Oct. 1995): 32. //Wilson OmniFile Full Text// //Mega Edition//. Web. 24 Oct. 2011. .
 * This article provides me with some numbers pertaining to how many adoptions and euthanizations there are in shelters.**

Vaughn, Jacqueline. "The Shelter Charade: The Dilemmas of Urban Animal Control." //State & Local Government Review// 10.3 (1978): 87-91. //JSTOR//. Web. 18 Oct. 2011. . **This article has detailed information about the reality of private and public shelters, lack of resources and it's effect on the population, the effects of supply and demand, and a few proposed solutions.**

Whitcomb, Rachael. "Understanding pet overpopulation: some argue it's a distribution problem; shelters say we're still killing adoptable animals." //DVM Newsmagazine// Apr. 2010: 30+. //Expanded Academic ASAP//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. **This article talks about how part of the issue is that you can't force people to adopt what they don't want. Also, shelters with no hospitals or behaviorists tend to lean towards euthanasia more often.**

Evans, Kim Masters. //Animal Rights//. Ed. John McCoy. New York: Thomson Gale, 2006. Print. The Information Series on Current Topics.
 * This book has an article on pages 178-181 about puppy mills as well as information on abuse and neglect on pages 182-184.**

Patterson, Charles. "Animals As Companions." //Animal Rights//. New Jersey: Enslow, 1993. 15-25. Print.
 * This book has information on pages 15-25, focusing on the overpopulation problem and the contributions that puppy mills have lent to it.**

Boks, Ed. "Saving Man's Best Friends." //USA Today// (2005): n. pag. //Wilson OmniFile// //Full Text Select Edition//. Web. 10 Oct. 2011. . **This article talks about the debate of no-kill. It also references multiple organizations that have proven that spaying/neutering is the most effective way to decrease the overpopulation issue.**

http://www.aspca.org/news/aspca-asks-white-house-to-address-puppy-mill-cruelty.aspx
 * This article talks about a petition that is being sent to the White House about puppy mill cruelty.**

Humane Association. "Pet Overpopulation." //American Humane Association//. American Humane Assn., 2011. Web. 4 Oct. 2011. .
 * The AHA provides this article to display information about the pet overpopulation problem. It talks a little about puppy mills and their effect on the problem.**