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Animal Services – continued <br /> <br />Performance Measures 2013-14 <br />Actual <br />2014-15 <br />Actual <br />2015-16 <br />Budget <br />2015-16 <br />Projected <br />2016-17 <br />Budget <br />Number of recoveries 441 408 450 355 400 <br />Stray animal recovery rate (all animals) <br />(Target 25%) <br /> <br />• Stray recovery rate for cats <br />• Stray recovery rate for dogs <br />21% <br /> <br /> <br />7% <br />34% <br />22% <br /> <br /> <br />8% <br />34% <br />25% <br /> <br /> <br />15% <br />35% <br />20% <br /> <br /> <br />4% <br />40% <br />25% <br /> <br /> <br />15% <br />40% <br />Microchips per Adoption <br />(Target 65%) <br />69% 54% 65% 48% 60% <br />Service: Maintain strong overall placement and “live release” rates ** <br />Number of placements (cats & dogs) <br /> <br />• Cat placements <br />• Dog placements <br />1,666 <br /> <br />815 <br />851 <br />1,625 <br /> <br />830 <br />795 <br />1,700 <br /> <br />850 <br />850 <br />1,654 <br /> <br />922 <br />732 <br />1,700 <br /> <br />901 <br />799 <br />Live Release rate (all animals) <br />(Target 80.0%)** <br /> <br />• Live release rate for cats <br />• Live release rate for dogs <br />84% <br /> <br /> <br />79% <br />86% <br />83% <br /> <br /> <br />80% <br />87% <br />85% <br /> <br /> <br />85% <br />85% <br />88% <br /> <br /> <br />81% <br />95% <br />85% <br /> <br /> <br />85% <br />85% <br />Service: Sustain high quality in-house sterilization surgeries for adoptable animals <br />Number of animals sterilized 1,228 1,260 1,250 1,229 1.250 <br />Number of surgeries per DVM hour <br />(Target 2.8) <br />3.0 2.8 3.0 2.6 3.0 <br />**The live release rate represents the sum of animals adopted, transferred to placement partners, and recovered by <br />owners divided by the number of adoptable animals (this designation excludes unplaceable animals such as <br />aggressive or biting animals, animals exposed to rabies, animals surrendered for euthanasia, feral animals, etc.) that <br />left the shelter. <br /> <br />FY 2016-17 Objectives <br />• Continue to advance animal placement through new and established adoption special <br />events, using more flexible fees to attract adopters and increase adoptions, as well as <br />partnerships with placement partner organizations. <br />• Continue to advance animal care within the context of an open-admission facility oriented in <br />the expeditious “flow through” of adoptable animals; work to expand network of foster <br />homes for providing care to litters of kittens. <br />• Increase owner recovery of stray animals by continuing to offer opportunities for pets to be <br />microchipped via low-cost clinics and as an optional service for adopters and partners, <br />requiring microchipping for stray pets recovered from the shelter, virtually managing lost and