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Animal Services Monthly Report August, 2010 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />B.2 Live Releases for Placeable and Recovered Animals: August 2010(1) <br /> <br /> Dogs Cats <br /> <br />Others Total <br />% of Total <br />Dispositions <br /> <br />Reclaimed 40 10 0 50 15.97% <br /> <br />Adopted 61 82 1 144 46.01% <br /> <br />Transferred (1) 9 7 5 21 6.71% <br /> <br />Totals 110 99 6 215 68.69% <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 August, this number was 51, and removing these animals from the total number <br />dispositioned leaves 313 “placeable” animals. <br /> <br />(2) Transferred to Rescue Service <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />B.3 Reasons for Euthanasia: August 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 12 15.00% Age 0 0.00% <br />Behavioral (1) 28 45.90% Behavioral (1) 10 12.50% Behavioral (1) 0 0.00% <br />Feline Leukemia 0 0.00% Feline Leukemia 3 3.75% Feline Leukemia 0 0.00% <br />Feral 0 0.00% Feral 19 23.75% Feral 0 0.00% <br />Heartworm 12 19.67% Heartworm 0 0.00% Heartworm 0 0.00% <br />Medical (2) 13 21.31% Medical (2) 33 41.25% Medical (2) 0 0.00% <br />Pregnant 0 0.00% Pregnant 0 0.00% Pregnant 0 0.00% <br />Owner Request 5 8.20% Owner Request 3 3.75% Owner Request 0 00.00% <br />Space 3 4.92% Space 0 0.00% Space 0 0.00% <br />Totals 61 100.00% 80 100.00% 0 00.00% <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 />