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[ THE DATA ]

The Ten-Year Glide
Path

Starting from SAC's actual 2024 figure, this is the plan's own target: cut non-live outcomes by two-thirds by 2030, then use the robotics-driven cost collapse in Phase 3 to close most of what's left by 2035.

The Ten-Year Glide Path Target trajectory for dogs & cats not leaving shelters alive, 2024–2035 SOURCE: Author's target trajectory for the phased plan in this article, benchmarked against the 2024 actual reported by Shelter Animals Count These are targets set by this plan, not forecasts or third-party projections. “2035” is not literal zero — it represents the residual population of dogs who are medically or behaviorally unable to be safely rehomed, who the plan places in lifetime sanctuary rather than counting as “solved.” jeremymsparks.com — August 2026 0K 400K 800K 2024 (actual) — Non-live outcomes (target): 748K 2027 — Non-live outcomes (target): 500K 2030 — Non-live outcomes (target): 250K 2033 — Non-live outcomes (target): 75K 2035 — Non-live outcomes (target): 15K 2024 (actual)2027203020332035

[ THE NUMBERS ]
Non-live outcomes (target)
2024 (actual)748K
2027500K
2030250K
203375K
203515K
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How this was made: these numbers were researched and drafted by an AI model with web search, from a single topic prompt, then reviewed by a person before publishing. Every figure should trace back to a source the model actually cited — if one looks wrong, it might be. A Sankey's flows are checked to balance before publishing, but that only catches arithmetic, not a bad source. Treat this the way you'd treat any single research pass: a strong starting point, not a peer-reviewed one.

// jeremymsparks.com — generated August 2026