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June 2022 June 2022 Animal Services Report AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT Animal Services News • The live outcome rate for June was 96.28 percent. • A total of 1,247 animals were brought to the shelter which included 606 cats, 568 dogs, 49 wild animals, 10 domestic birds, six rabbits, five guinea pigs, and three turtles. • A total of 628 animals were adopted (372 cats, 241 dogs, and 15 small pets). • A total of 88 dogs, cats, and birds were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). Animal Protection Rescue. • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 39 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 17 fencing assistance applications and implanted 16 microchips. • Officers impounded 173 injured animals and delivered 110 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife • Officers entered 234 rabies exposure reports and submitted 58 specimens for rabies testing. Six bats tested positive for rabies and an additional eight were considered non-negative due to being too decomposed to test. • 56 total coyote related activities o 25 sightings o 19 wild sick o 6 wild injured o 1 wild speak o 2 encounters o 3 incidents and incident) • Out of 56 coyote related activities, 30 fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, • Encounters: Pets were not a factor in these encounters. o 1 encounter involved a coyote chasing a man riding his bike June 2022 Animal Services Report o 1 encounter a coyote following a resident. Do not know if resident had a pet • Incidents: Pets were a factor in 75% of activities: o 1 incident involved a coyote acting “aggressively” in an unfenced front yard o 1 incident involved a coyote taking two free-range chickens o 1 incident involved a coyote injuring a small dog in a fenced backyard with a person present Volunteer, Foster, and Rescue Programs • A total of 323 volunteers donated 4,712 hours of volunteer service. • The Volunteer Coordinators held four orientations for new volunteers in May, introducing 185 people to the shelter programs.63 new volunteers attended their first training or mentor shifts in April. • 40 group volunteers donated 80 hours towards dog walking and cat care. • 11 Community Service Restitution individuals performed 117.5 hours of laundry, dishes, and other duties as assigned. • 151 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 225 different people/families fostered. • 263 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1,040 members (approved fosters) in the foster program’s GivePulse group. • One pet died or was euthanized in foster care. • As of July 1 at 7:30 a.m. there were 379 animals in foster care. • 261 animals were transferred to 23 in-state AAC Rescue Partners (compared to 298 animals to 24 partners for June 2021). • 111 dogs were transported to eight out-of-state AAC Rescue Partners; seven cats were transported to one out-of-state AAC Rescue Partner. • Four owner surrender appointments were posted to local AAC Rescue partners for intake deferral June 2022 Animal Services Report option. Vet Services • AAC vets performed 1,315 exams. • AAC vets spayed/neutered 494 animals. • Zero visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 76 emergency cases were treated at AAC. • 51 emergencies were transferred from the emergency clinic. • The emergency clinic bill for May was estimated at $35,000. • Five animals received orthopedic surgeries. • 31 animals received other specialty surgeries (enucleations, amputations, mass removals, hernia repair, wound repairs, dentals, etc). • Two cruelty cases were treated. • 140 animals were pulled by Austin Pets Alive! for medical reasons (19 medical urgent, 14 medical attention, 69 neonatal, 22 panleuk, eight parvo, eight pregnant). • Staff handed out over 1,500 basic pet items (including food, crates, leashes, etc) to over 359 Pet Resource Center people. Outreach Staffing • Eight dogs with behavior issues were deferred. • 89 cats were TNR’d through Community Cats. • Due to the current hiring environment and the volume of background checks processed by the City, onboarding a new employee from the date of a position being posted takes 6-8 weeks. June 2022 Animal Services Report • 17 unstaffed regular positions o 2 Administration ▪ 2 candidates pending background checks o 4 Animal Care ▪ 3 candidates pending background checks o 1 Pet Resource Center ▪ 1 candidate pending background check o 5 Vet Services ▪ 1 candidate pending background check ▪ 3 positions interviewing 7/8/22 o 5 Animal Protection ▪ 2 candidates pending background checks Events/Marketing • Shelter open on June 20th (City observance of Juneteenth) o Intake: 80 Abandoned Owner Surrender 29 Public Assist Stray Cats Dogs 0 0 22 1 3 3 22 Pick up (confirmed on a previous day) Adoption (including pick up on ensuing days) Return to Owner Died/Euthanasia Transfer Went to foster Cats Dogs 7 5 1 2 10 0 8 8 3 3 3 3 • Events o Outcome: 53 (15 of which were animals pending surgery, adopted prior and picked up on 6/20) June 2022 Animal Services Report o 6/11 Pop Up Adoption Event at Tomlinson’s Tech Ridge ▪ 2 large dogs adopted o 6/24 Adopt Late Night Cats Dogs Adopted and left between 4-9 pm Adopted pending sx 13 6 5 2 o 6/25 KittyPalooza ▪ All 33 foster kittens adopted by 10:30 am • Social Media o Facebook reach: 476,332 o ▪ New likes: 699 Instagram reach: 151,693 ▪ New likes: 2,156 o ~106 posts on each platform ▪ Missing my people: 14 ▪ Event promotions: 12 ▪ Longstay dog features: 10 ▪ Cactus Cats: 5 ▪ Space crisis: 2 ▪ Volunteer recognition/recruitment: 5 ▪ Foster recognition/recruitment: 5 ▪ Home To Home (supported self-rehoming): 5 ▪ Heat info: 2 ▪ Total adoptable pets mentioned/featured: 116 o Livestream collaboration with CTM