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Domestic pets face crises of overpopulation, neglect, and abuse. Millions of healthy animals are euthanized in shelters annually due to a lack of homes. Activists combat this by promoting "adopt, don't shop" campaigns, funding low-cost spay and neuter clinics, and lobbying for stricter penalties against animal cruelty and the operation of commercial breeding facilities (puppy mills). Legal and Legislative Evolution Overpopulation leads to millions of healthy animals being