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April 2024 Animal Services Report April 2024 AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT Animal Services News • The live outcome rate for April was 97.80%. • A total of 1,202 animals were brought to the shelter which included 639 cats, 512 dogs, 18 wild animals, 15 ducks, 10 guinea pigs, 5 rabbits, 2 emus, and a parakeet, • A total of 470 animals were adopted (165 adult dogs, 104 puppies, 113 kittens, and 85 adult cats). • A total of 95 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On April 1, there were 727 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (383 onsite, 341 in foster, and 2 at a vet clinic • On May 1, there were 993 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (519 onsite, 470 in foster, and 2 at a vet clinic and 1 at Austin Pets Alive!). and 1 at Austin Pets Alive!). Animal Protection • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 16 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 26 fencing assistance applications and implanted 2 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 185 injured animals and delivered approximately 161 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife Rescue. • Officers entered 277 rabies exposure reports and submitted 33 specimens for rabies testing. We had 6 rabies positive bats, 1 rabies positive skunk and 2 destroyed bats. • 58 total coyote related activities o 26 Wild Sick o 3 Wild Speak o 1 Wild Injured o 20 Sightings o 5 o 3 Encounters Incidents • Out of 58 coyote related reports, 28 reports fell within the reported behavior types. Behavior types include Sighting, Encounter, Incident, and Observation. “Observation” is defined as hearing coyotes howling and finding scat or footprints. o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 1/5 (20%) of encounters reported. ▪ Two encounters involved a coyote following a resident, but unsure if pet was involved. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote denning in an abandoned shed in resident’s backyard. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote following a resident and on-leash dog. ▪ An encounter involved coyotes “not being afraid of the caller”. Unable to contact caller. o Incidents: Pets were a factor in 2/3 (67%) of incidents reported. ▪ An incident involved a coyote killing an outside unsupervised cat. ▪ An incident involved a coyote killing sheep on property. • Out of 58 related activities, 30 fell within the reported behavior types (wild sick, wild speak, and wild injured). April 2024 Animal Services Report Volunteer • There was 132% increase in reports from April 2023 to April 2024. • There was an 5% increase from March 2024 to April 2024. • A total of 487 volunteers donated 5,488 hours of volunteer service. • 43 individuals donated 86 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and general cat care. • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 125 potential volunteers to shelter operations. • The Volunteer Program scheduled 20 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 211 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 175 volunteers spent 516 hours on volunteer development and training. Foster & Rescue • 121 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 280 different people/families fostered. • 172 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 905 members (approved fosters) in the foster program’s GivePulse group. (We did a membership clean up in January. Everyone that is currently in the group indicated that they wished to remain active and plan to foster a pet within the next 12 months.) • 1 pet(s) died or were euthanized in foster care in April (based on the reports that are available to us). • As of May 2, 2024, at 8:50 a.m. there are 491 animals in foster care. Vet Services • AAC vets performed 623 exams. • AAC vets spayed/neutered 327 animals. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 84 emergency cases were treated at AAC. • 68 emergencies were transferred from the emergency clinic. • The estimated emergency clinic bill for April is $39,000. • 9 animals received orthopedic surgeries. • 8 animals received other specialty surgeries (enucleations, amputations, mass removals, hernia repair, wound repairs, laparotomies, entropion, dentals, etc.). • 16 cruelty case(s) were treated. • 152 animals were pulled by Austin Pets Alive! for medical reasons (36 medical urgent, 31 medical attention, 146 neonatal, 4 pregnant, 11 parvo/panleuk). • APA pulled 5 large dogs and 4 small dogs and 2 cats for behavior in April.