Animal Shelter Statistics - 01-2006

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Orange County Animal Services – January 2006 Monthly Report – Page 2 related activities for 2006. To ensure the continuing availability of low-cost vaccinations for County residents, the work team scheduled two clinics for February. A complete 2006 low cost rabies vaccination clinic is now available on the Animal Services website and staff are continuing to speak with veterinary clinics in Orange County about opportunities for low-cost rabies vaccinations. As has been the case in the past, rabies vaccinations will cost $5.00 (which must be paid in cash). Pet owners are asked to remember to bring their most recent vaccination record. Dogs must be on a leash and cats must be in a carrier; and pet owners are asked to keep a fractious animal in their car so that the vet can come to them. Animal Shelter Highlights January shows a deviation from the current trends, in that the intake of animals was greater in January 2006 than January 2005 (277 in 2006 and 258 in 2005). The placement numbers were about the same (201 in 2006 and 204 in 2005) but the greater numbers of animals coming into the shelter depresses the placement rates somewhat. The gross placement rate for January 2006 was 73 percent (79 percent in January 2005) and the adoptable placement was 78 percent this month (86 percent in January 2005). Sheltering Activity January 2006 Dogs Cats Others Total In Shelter Custody as of January 1 2006 98 93 2 193 + Total Admitted Jan 2006 183 90 4 277 Sheltered in Jan 2006 281 183 6 470 - Dispositions for Jan 2006 190 106 3 299 In Foster Homes/Pet Stores 14 27 2 43 Within Shelter 77 50 1 128 Total Within Animal Services custody on February 1 2006 91 77 3 171 Returns: 3 dogs, 0 cat Current trends do continue with the percentages of dispositions. Euthanasia as a percentage of dispositions is still under a third and the largest percentage of dispositions occurs as placements. Beginning this month, we will be tracking the number of animals that are in the custody of our Animal Shelter Division. In the case of the Sheltering Activity Table, this is apparent that the total number of animals in our custody is broken into those animals that are in our custody at the shelter and those animals that are in our custody but either in foster homes or pet stores where they are available for adoption. As is apparent for these figures for the month of January, a significant number of animals – forty-three (43), roughly a quarter of all animals – are in our custody but not at the shelter; instead, they are in a foster home or pet stores. We will continue to track animals in foster and pet stores in this way in order to develop a richer picture of our shelter activities and services. In due time, as part of our overall review of our foster program, we intend to develop more comprehensive statistics of this kind – statistics for the overall number of animals