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Animal Services Monthly Report November, 2013 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B.2 Live Releases for Placeable and Recovered Animals: November 2013(1) <br /> <br /> Dogs Cats <br /> <br />Others Total <br />% of Total <br />Dispositions <br /> <br />Reclaimed 27 3 0 30 16.57% <br /> <br />Adopted 48 71 2 121 66.85% <br /> <br />Transferred (2) 5 6 3 14 7.73% <br /> <br />Totals 80 80 5 165 91.16% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(1) Live Releases include all animals that are not euthanized, i.e., transfers to placement partners, returns to owners and custodians, and direct adoptions. <br />The “live release rate” is calculated by dividing the live releases by the total number of placeable animals. To calculate placeable animals, we must <br />remove the animals surrendered for euthanasia, feral cats, animals that arrive dead or die in our custody, bite quarantine animals, and animals that have <br />been confiscated from the total number of animals dispositioned. For November, this number was 27, and removing these animals from the total number <br />dispositioned leaves 181 “placeable” animals. <br /> <br />(2) Transferred to rescue organization <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B.3 Reasons for Euthanasia: November 2013 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> % of Total % of Total % of Total <br /> Dogs <br />Euthanized <br />By Reason Cats <br />Euthanized <br />By Reason Others <br />Euthanized <br />By Reason <br />Behavioral (1) 12 70.59% Behavioral (1) 7 30.43% Behavioral (1) 0 0.00% <br />Feral 0 0.00% Feral 6 26.09% Feral 0 0.00% <br />Medical (2) 5 29.41% Medical (2) 8 34.78% Medical (2) 0 0.00% <br />Owner Request 0 0.00% Owner Request 2 8.70% Owner Request 0 0.00% <br />Time / Space 0 0.00% Time / Space 0 0.00% Time / Space 2 100.00% <br />Test 0 0.00% Test 0 0.00% Test 0 0.00% <br />Totals 17 100.00% 23 100.00% 2 100.00% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(1) “Behavioral” includes a wide range of behavioral issues that Novemberprevent an animal from being available for adoption to the public. These <br />issues vary widely between cats, dogs and other animals, and can include aggression, lack of socialization, severe kennel stress or other factors that make <br />the animal a risk if placed back into the community. <br /> <br />(2) “Medical” includes a wide range of conditions and diseases that Novemberprevent an animal from being available for adoption to the public due to <br />unsound health. These conditions range in severity and differ greatly between cats, dog and other animals. Additionally, because we test animals for <br />certain diseases as a standard protocol, these are often more easily identifiable and thus can be separated as a specific condition statistic. For example, the <br />“Feline Leukemia” category above is listed separately, though it is a medical condition. <br /> <br /> <br />