The majority of animals that the ACS has at its facility are owner turn-ins. Owner turn-ins are cases where responsible pet owners decide to give away pets to the ACS when they realize they are not able to take care of the animals. “Since our adoption programs are so successful,” said Serrano, “an animal will spend, on average, around a week in our facility before being adopted.” During the adoption process, ACS provides health care and services. “We spay and neuter all animals that are adopted or placed with other agencies,” Serrano explained. According to Serrano, doing so prevents pet overpopulation. “The simple reality is that if the average pet owner would spay and neuter their pet, the problem of pet over-population would simply disappear within the next generation,” said Serrano. “The unfortunate fact,” he said, “is that there are still many pet owners who either breed their pets for profit or who neglect to sterilize their pets and end up having accidental litters.” There are many types of animal abuse, but the most situations have been animals being left outside without shelter, food or