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Animal Services Monthly Report May, 2010 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />B.2 Live Releases for Placeable and Recovered Animals: May 2010(1) <br /> <br /> Dogs Cats <br /> <br />Others Total <br />% of Total <br />Dispositions <br /> <br />Reclaimed 44 7 0 51 23.39% <br /> <br />Adopted 33 54 3 90 41.28% <br /> <br />Transferred (1) 9 6 0 15 6.88% <br /> <br />Totals 86 67 3 156 71.56% <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 May, this number was 37, and removing these animals from the total number <br />dispositioned leaves 218 “placeable” animals. <br /> <br />(2) Transferred to Rescue Service <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B.3 Reasons for Euthanasia: May 2010 <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 />Age 0 0.00% Age 8 13.79% Age 0 0.00% <br />Behavioral (1) 19 57.58% Behavioral (1) 7 12.07% Behavioral (1) 0 0.00% <br />Feline Leukemia 0 0.00% Feline Leukemia 2 3.45% Feline Leukemia 0 0.00% <br />Feral 0 0.00% Feral 15 25.86% Feral 0 0.00% <br />Heartworm 4 12.12% Heartworm 0 0.00% Heartworm 0 0.00% <br />Medical (2) 5 15.15% Medical (2) 26 44.83% Medical (2) 0 0.00% <br />Pregnant 0 0.00% Pregnant 0 0.00% Pregnant 0 0.00% <br />Owner Request 5 15.15% Owner Request 0 0.00% Owner Request 0 0.00% <br />Space 0 0.00% Space 0 0.00% Space 0 0.00% <br />Totals 33 100.00% 58 100.00% 0 0.00% <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(1) “Behavioral” includes a wide range of behavioral issues that may prevent an animal from being available for adoption to the public. These issues vary <br />widely between cats, dogs and other animals, and can include aggression, lack of socialization, severe kennel stress or other factors that make the animal <br />a risk if placed back into the community. <br /> <br />(2) “Medical” includes a wide range of conditions and diseases that may prevent an animal from being available for adoption to the public due to unsound <br />health. These conditions range in severity and differ greatly between cats, dog and other animals. Additionally, because we test animals for certain <br />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 />