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Orange County Animal Services – May 2006 Monthly Report – Page 3 <br /> <br />Animal Shelter Highlights <br /> <br />The May figures for 2005 must be adjusted to remove the 66 Greyhounds which came into Orange <br />County’s Animal Shelter in that month as a result of an animal cruelty case. This was an atypical event <br />and inflated the figures, especially in the adopted/transferred category. Once this is done the comparisons <br />between 2005 and 2006 reveal a very similar pattern to April. The number of animals adopted/transferred <br />(140 for the month in both years) and reclaimed (46 in 2006 and 47 in 2005) are very similar. The only <br />difference is that with the adjustment for the large-scale intake of Greyhounds there were 30 fewer <br />animals taken in within May of 2006 than in May of 2005 (381 in 2006 and 411 in 2005). <br /> <br />All of these factors translate into an improved placement rate and less euthanasia. More specifically, <br />placement rates for May 2006 are slightly higher (49 percent gross and 53 percent adoptable) than for <br />those in 2005 (45.5 percent gross and 49 percent adoptable). In this regard, it is also notable that the <br />number of animals euthanized is higher in 2005 (159) than in 2006 (130). As with the figures for last <br />month the change is due to the lower intake of animals, once again highlighting the importance of this <br />figure. <br /> <br />Sheltering Activity May 2006 <br /> <br /> Dogs Cats Others Total <br />In Shelter Custody <br />as of May 1 2006 (1) 92 53 0 145 <br /> + <br />Total Admitted May 2006 182 189 10 381 <br />Sheltered in May 2006 274 242 10 526 <br /> - <br />Dispositions for May 2006 197 118 7 322 <br /> <br />In Foster Homes 14 35 0 49 <br />In Pet Stores 0 5 0 5 <br />Within Shelter 63 84 3 150 <br /> <br />Total Within Animal Services <br />custody on June 1 2006 77 124 3 204 <br /> <br />Returns: 2 dogs, 0 cat <br />(1) Includes corrections to previous months <br /> <br />Our sheltering statistics are also tracking the number of animals that are in the custody of our Animal <br />Shelter Division. In the case of the Sheltering Activity Table, it is apparent that the total number of <br />animals in our custody is broken into those animals that are in our custody at the shelter and those animals <br />that are in our custody but either in foster homes or pet stores where they are available for adoption. As is <br />apparent for these figures for the month of May, as of the final day of the month a significant number of <br />animals (54 or 26 percent) were in our custody but not at the shelter; instead, they are in a foster home or <br />pet stores.