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Animal Reclaim Rates: The animal reclaim rates, included among the <br />performance measure under the section on our Animal Sheltering Division, report <br />the rate of animals that are reclaimed relative to the number of stray intakes. <br />These rates have remained relatively stable over the short period of time under <br />consideration, despite our efforts to make recovery better known and convenient. <br />These efforts have included more marketing and outreach than we have <br />previously done as well as management of a photographic lost and found page" <br />as part of our website (using Pet Harbor, an adjunct service of Chameleon, the <br />software used by Animal Services). <br />Staff is in the process of producing more refined reclaim statistics that they <br />expect to have available in a few days time. These will include the specific <br />reclaim rates for stray dogs and cats, which ordinarily are quite different, and the <br />reclaim rate for all stray cats versus stray cats adjusted for cats identified as <br />feral. This information may shed more light on changes' in our performance in <br />this area as well as reclaim trends themselves. <br />C <br />Prepared by Robert A. Marotto, Animal Services Director <br />June 12', 2008 <br />