Shelter Counter

This is an object that protests pet overpopulation in animal shelters across the country. Due to pet owner irresponsibility with breeding and owners shopping around at breeders, pet shops, and their neighbors, the pet population is too much for shelters to handle. Irresponsible owners breed their pets and then try to sell them, give them to a shelter, or abandon them. Many pet owners don't commit to a pet and only want them when they are a puppy or kitten and then return them when they find the pet is too much to handle or they don't like that their pet has grown into an adult and buy another puppy or kitten after returning their adult pet. Pet owners aren't researching how to take care of their pets and aren't committing to taking care of that pet for that pet's lifetime. Thus, millions of dogs and cats are brought to shelters, with only less than 15% dogs and 3% cats getting adopted throughout the year. This project aims to reduce that number by counting the animals that enter a shelter and making people aware of the millions of pets that are euthanized each year.

The board is attached to a stuffed animal and when shaken, will light up. To clear the lights, the board needs to be tilted up. This would be used at an animal shelter where people can see the lights and understand that as they are at the shelter, animals are being brought in for adoption. This project could go one step further and record the amount of shakes and upload that number to a computer.