2a. Austin Pets Alive! Quarterly Report — original pdf

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Animal Advisory Commission Report Q1 2022 This report is intended to give a high-level overview of Austin Pets Alive!’s lifesaving operations, focusing on APA!’s impact on Travis county through our partnership with Austin Animal Center. Summary: Austin Pets Alive! (APA!) continues to be the city of Austin’s largest partner in lifesaving by taking animals with medical and behavioral issues that require a higher cost per animal than the average healthy animal in care. APA focuses on these animals to have a measurable effect on the live release rate at AAC. In the first quarter of 2022, APA! Took in 77 cats and 143 dogs for a total of 218 pets. The direct transfers of 206 were 40% of AAC’s total transfers. Additionally, APA! took in an additional 80 pets directly from owners in Travis County, thus alleviating AAC of having to provide care. APA’s mission is to eliminate the unnecessary killing of shelter animals. Over the last 10 years of the license agreement, the role of APA’s support at AAC has shifted away from lifesaving and into serving as “overflow” for AAC, serving many animals that should not be at risk of euthanasia in the city’s publicly-funded shelter. While AAC’s budget has increased during that time, their intake has decreased drastically, and APA has begun to return our focus back to lifesaving. The Austin Animal Center has received an increase in the budget of more than 10 million dollars since 2010, and many supports have been put in place over the years by Austin City Council. APA is 100% committed to continuing to serve as a safety net for animals that cannot be saved through taxpayer dollars and is currently negotiating a license agreement that more accurately reflects the mission of APA and the responsible utilization of all funds put towards animals, whether they are donated or tax-funded. AAC Transfers Out : 520 animals were transferred out to 47 partners. ● ● ● Power BI Dashboard does not separate cats and dogs, and the city’s data portal does not indicate which partners took which pets. APA! Took 206 of the 520 Q1 transfers (39.6%), plus 13 additional born in care. Austin Humane Society took the second most transfers at 40, and Midwest Animal Rescue took third with 38. 1 of 7 Reserved © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights  Intakes : Detailed Breakdown of APA Intakes transferred from AAC January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 Q1 2022 AAC - Cat Behavior AAC - Cat BIC AAC - Cat Bottle Baby AAC - Cat Maternity AAC - Cat Medical AAC - Cat Space AAC - Cat Panleuk AAC - Dog BIC AAC - Dog Behavior AAC - Dog Bottle Baby AAC - Dog Maternity AAC - Dog Medical AAC - Dog Parvo Transfer AAC - Dog Space Total AAC Travis - PASS Travis - Parvo OS/PASS Total Travis 10 1 4 1 5 1 0 0 7 3 9 21 10 1 73 15 2 90 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 2 9 9 0 6 8 14 60 35 7 102 35 0 0 1 6 0 1 7 7 0 1 16 10 2 86 17 4 107 1 4 40 6 23 1 1 9 23 12 10 51 26 11 218 67 13 298 2 of 7 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights Reserved  3 of 7 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights Reserved  This chart displays a comparison of transfers from AAC to APA! during the first quarter of the calendar year 2022 vs. 2021. Outcomes in the Quarter of Animals Ever Transferred from AAC to APA! January 2022 February 2022 March 2022 Q1 2022 Cat Dog Total Cat Dog Total Cat Dog Total Cat Dog Total 118 59 177 69 62 131 60 100 160 247 221 468 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 6 1 5 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 0 6 0 7 0 0 4 11 1 11 0 0 4 17 1 Adoptions Euthanasia Lost/Stolen Feral/Wildlife Return to Owner UDIC * Transfer Out Total Outcomes 123 70 193 71 67 138 63 107 170 257 244 501 * UDIC = Unassisted Death in Custody consists of animals pulled with severe medical concerns or neonates who died while receiving appropriate care for their life-threatening condition. 4 of 7 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights Reserved  Notes on behavior ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 34 behavior dogs were pled to APA! in Q1: 10 in January, 10 in February, 14 in March. 23 behavior dogs were pulled in Q1, with several others still in the evaluation process. Of the 23, 12 are adopted, 1 is in foster, 9 are available in the shelter, and 1 is unavailable in the shelter. APA! also transferred one cat for behavioral reasons. That cat has since been adopted. Per the team at AAC, “leadership” has determined that AAC can no longer notify APA! if there is a potential foster or adopter for a dog on attention. Per teh team AAC, they also can no longer notify APA! if the transfer staff are intending to use a catchpole to load a dog into a truck, which previously alerted APA! staff to go to AAC and get the dog out of the kennel and transported with tactics that are LIMA (less intrusive, minimally aversive). Notable behavior cases include: ○ ○ Twitch who came to APA! following two bites and noted stranger danger. He is not living successful in his adoptive home. Nikito came to APA! with notes of barrier reactivity and jumpy-mouthy behavior. He is currently residing in a foster home. Following his 2nd level 4 bite to a known handler, we determined that we did not feel comfortable placing Pup Pup into the community, and he was euthanized in February. Other notes: ● ● All Q1 euthanasias at APA of AAC animals were for medical reasons except for one dog noted above. Notable medical cases include: ○ ○ Edna: following the repair of an aural hematoma, this dog came to APA! still struggling with skin issues. She is now comfortable and adopted. Luisa: This cat was incontinent and paralyzed, but easy to care for. She was placed in foster just 5 days after being made available. ● Following a statement that AAC provides all required medical care prior to transferring medical attention and medical urgent pets to APA! , we began documenting some of the transfer statuses and have noted that pets with parvo have not traditionally received care prior to transfer. 5 of 7 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights Reserved  Live Release Rate Calculations Live Release Rate is calculated as AACs total live outcomes, which is all outcomes less Died, Euthanasia, Disposed, and Missing divided by total outcomes for the period. Jan - 2022 Feb - 2022 Mar - 2022 Q1 2022* 945 975 726 747 740 766 2411 2488 96.92% 97.19% 96.61% 96.91% AAC Live Out AAC Total Out AAC LRR *(dogs and cats only) AAC Live Outcomes AAC to APA Transfers AAC Total Outcomes *(dogs and cats only) AAC Live Release Rate without APA attempts to show what AAC might look like without transfers to APA. While there is no perfect way to calculate this metric since it is impossible to know what would have happened were these animals not pulled by APA, this is one way to illustrate APA’s effect on AAC live outcomes. AAC Live Release Rate w/out APA Transfers ([AAC Live Outcomes] - [AAC to APA Transfers]) / [AAC Total Outcomes] Jan - 2022 Feb - 2022 Mar - 2022 Q1 2022* 945 73 975 726 60 747 740 86 766 2411 219 2488 AAC Live Release Rate w/out APA 89.44% 89.16% 85.38% 88.10% The AAC + APA Community Live Release rates combine AAC and APA live outcomes for the period (again total outcomes less Euth, Died, and Disposal) and divide that by the total outcomes for the period. AAC + APA Community Live Release Rate ([AAC Live Outcomes]+[Live Outcomes of AAC to APA Transfers]) / ([AAC Total Outcomes]+[Total Outcomes of AAC to APA Transfers]) AAC Live Outcomes Live Outcomes of AAC to APA Transfers AAC Total Outcomes Total Outcomes of AAC to APA Transfers *(dogs and cats only) Jan - 2022 Feb - 2022 Mar - 2022 Q1 2022* 945 179 975 193 726 131 747 138 740 163 766 170 2411 473 2488 501 AAC + APA Community Live Release Rate 96.23% 96.84% 96.47% 96.49% 6 of 7 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! All Rights Reserved  APA Animal Matrix and LRR for ALL Animals - Q4 - 2021 Beginning Animal Count on (10/01/2021) Canine 1323 Canine Live Intake Stray Relinquished by Owner Owner Intended Euthanasia Transferred in from Agency Other intakes Total Live Intake Outcomes Adoption Returned to Owner Returned to Field Other Live Outcome Transferred to another Agency 138 Died in Care Lost in Care Shelter Euthanasia Owner Intended Euthanasia Total of Other Outcomes 14 0 0 184 576 56 816 9 0 0 6 1 7 0 0 76 0 515 127 718 0 11 0 0 49 0 23 0 72 Adult Up to 5 months Adult Up to 5 months Adult Up to 5 months Adult Up to 5 months 847 422 979 649 Feline 1372 Feline 3 0 161 652 77 893 2 62 0 0 15 1 14 0 30 0 41 0 483 175 699 0 5 0 0 23 0 0 0 23 647 Total 2695 Total 3 0 462 2226 435 3126 Total 2897 11 216 0 0 93 2 44 0 139 3233 Total Live Outcomes 994 433 1043 624 3094 Total Outcomes 1008 505 1073 End Animal Count on (12/31/2021) Live Release Rate 1333 1209 94.3% 7 of 7 © 2022 Austin Pets Alive! 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