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Orange County Animal Services – November 2005 Monthly Report – Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Shelter Activity November 2005 <br /> <br /> Dogs Cats Others Total <br />In Shelter Custody <br />as of November 1 2005 97 133 4 234 <br /> + <br />Total Admitted Nov 2005 147 137 13 297 <br />Sheltered in Nov 2005 244 270 17 531 <br /> - <br />Dispositions for Nov 2005 162 153 17 332 <br />Remaining in Shelter Custody <br />on December 1 2005 82 117 0 199 <br /> <br /> <br />Animal Dispositions <br /> <br />Percent of <br />Total <br /> Dogs Cats Others Total Dispositions <br /> <br />Reclaimed 55 6 1 62 18.67% <br />Adopted 49 71 8 128 38.55% <br />Transfers (1) 12 14 6 32 9.64% <br />Euthanized (2) 43 61 2 106 31.93% <br />Died 2 0 0 2 0.60% <br />Other 1 1 0 2 0.60% <br />Totals 162 153 17 332 100.00% <br /> <br /> (1) Transfers: 7 dogs, 7 cats, 4 ‘other’ to APS; 5 dogs, 7 cats, 2 'other' to rescue <br /> (2) 1 cat, 7 dogs surrendered for euthanasia; 30 cats (49%) feral. <br /> <br />The number of adoptions, transfers, and reclaims is up by 41 (222 in November 2005 and 181 in <br />November 2004). (Note: The reclaim numbers for November 2005 also reflect 12 dogs which were seized <br />and reclaimed.) And the euthanasia numbers continued to decline, this month by almost 100 animals (106 <br />in November 2005 and 201 in November 2004). <br /> <br />The same pattern is apparent in the percentages of the total disposition of animals. In November of 2005, <br />67 percent of the dispositions were adoptions, transfers or reclaims as compared to 46 percent in <br />November of 2004. This is reflected in the percent of dispositions which were categorized as euthanasia <br />being also much lower, 32 percent in November 2005 and 51 percent in 2004. <br /> <br />The placement rate also shows November as a very positive month. The gross placement rate is 75 <br />percent for November of 2005 and 47 percent in November 2004. The adoptable placement rate is 86 <br />percent in November of 2005 and 56 percent in November 2004. <br /> <br />Across all three statistical analyses the same relationship holds: at least two thirds of the animals were <br />placed while a third were euthanized. These statistics reflect the convergence of two positive trends which <br />is responsible for the large monthly gains, namely, the decrease in the number of animals received and the <br />increase in the number of animals adopted, transferred and reclaimed.