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Animal Services - continued <br />Animal Health: Sustained in -house sterilization surgeries for adoptable animals; continued <br />to optimize hourly productivity and quality of in -house sterilization procedures; implemented <br />a canine distemper vaccination protocol change. <br />Performance Measures <br />2010 -11 <br />2011 -12 <br />2012 -13 <br />2012 -13 <br />2013 -14 <br />Actual <br />Actual <br />Budget <br />Projected <br />Budget <br />Service: Serve as open admission shelter <br />Domestic animals admitted (cats & dogs) <br />3,458 <br />3,294 <br />3,250 <br />3,350 <br />3,300 <br />• Cats admitted <br />1,584 <br />1,390 <br />-- <br />1,540 <br />1,518 <br />• Dogs admitted <br />1,874 <br />1,904 <br />-- <br />1,810 <br />1,782 <br />Average Length of Stay <br />15 <br />13.2 <br />-- <br />15 <br />14 <br />Tar et <_ 14 days) <br />Service: Facilitate recovery of lost pets (dogs and cats) <br />Number of recoveries <br />468 <br />397 <br />-- <br />453 <br />475 <br />Stray animal recovery <br />21% <br />18% <br />-- <br />22% <br />23% <br />(Target >_ 20% <br />Microchips per Adoption <br />76% <br />63% <br />65% <br />66% <br />70% <br />(Target >_ 65% <br />Service: Maintain strong overall placement and "live release" rates <br />Number of placements (cats & dogs) <br />1,533 <br />1,635 <br />1,950 <br />1,835 <br />1,900 <br />• Cat placements <br />706 <br />796 <br />-- <br />908 <br />931 <br />• Dog placements <br />827 <br />839 <br />-- <br />927 <br />969 <br />Live Release rate (all animals) <br />66% <br />71% <br />-- <br />82% <br />75% <br />(Target >_ 70.0 %)+ <br />• Live release rate for cats <br />55% <br />73% <br />-- <br />74% <br />75% <br />• Live release rate for dos 1 <br />72% 1 <br />68% 1 <br />1 <br />81% <br />1 75% <br />Service: Sustain high quality in -house sterilization <br />surgeries for adoptable animals <br />Number of animals sterilized <br />1,158 <br />1,078 <br />1,250 <br />1,349 <br />1,350 <br />Number of surgeries per DVM hour <br />2.8 <br />2.9 <br />-- <br />3.1 <br />3.0 <br />(Target >_ 2.8 <br />+The live release rate represents the sum of animals adopted, transferred to placement partners, and recovered by <br />owners less unplaceable animals (aggressive or biting animals, animals exposed to rabies, animals surrendered for <br />euthanasia, etc.) and then divided by the total number of animals that left the shelter <br />FY 2013 -14 Objectives <br />• Continue to advance animal placement through adoption special events and partnerships <br />with placement partner organizations. <br />• Continue to advance animal care within the context of an open- admission facility oriented in <br />the expeditious "flow through" of adoptable animals and consider converting stainless steel <br />cat enclosures to flexibly increase their size. <br />Increase owner recovery of stray animals by offering more opportunities for pets to be <br />microchipped, virtually managing lost and found records and requiring microchips as part of <br />stray animal recovery. <br />*! <br />