Item 2 - June Animal Services Report — original pdf

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June 2024 AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT 1 Animal Services News • The live outcome rate for June was 96.65%. • A total of 1,117 animals were brought to the shelter which included 603 cats, 449 dogs, 45 wild animals, 9 guinea pigs, 3 rabbits, 2 chickens, 1 turkey, 1 snake and 1 tortoise. • A total of 740 animals were adopted (189 adult dogs, 144 puppies, 315 kittens, and 92 adult cats). • A total of 80 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On June 3, there were 1,343 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (682 onsite, 656 in foster, and 3 at a vet clinic and 1 at Austin Pets Alive!). • On July 1, there were 1,278 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (683 onsite, 592 in foster, and 1 at a vet clinic). Animal Protection • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 51 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 37 fencing assistance applications and implanted 5 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 189 injured animals and delivered approximately 95 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife Rescue. • Officers entered 249 rabies exposure reports and submitted 42 specimens for rabies testing. We had 3 decomposed bats and 1 decomposed raccoon. • 63 total coyote related activities o 33 Wild Sick o 24 Sightings o 6 Encounters • Out of 63 coyote related reports, 30 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 6/6 (100%) of encounters reported. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote being chased by a dog and then turned around and chased the dog back. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote with mange “approaching” caller and dog. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote following a caller, kids, and dog. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote growling and following caller and dog. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote following caller and dog. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote with mange interacting with dogs (no contact), growled, and showed teeth to dog. 2 o Incidents: No incidents were reported. • Out of 63 related activities, 33 fell within the reported behavior types (wild sick, wild speak, and wild injured). • There was 70% increase in reports from June 2023 to June 2024 • There was an 9% increase from May 2024 to June 2024 • A total of 455 volunteers donated 5,770 hours of volunteer service. • 51 individuals donated 102 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and • The Volunteer Program held 5 orientations, introducing 130 potential volunteers to shelter • The Volunteer Program scheduled 18 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 176 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 164 volunteers spent 503 hours on volunteer development and training. Volunteer general cat care. operations. Foster & Rescue • 216 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 400 different people/families fostered. • 242 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1117 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.) • 2 pet(s) died or were euthanized in foster care in June (based on the reports that are available to • As of July 2, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. there are 603 animals in foster care. us). Vet Services • AAC vets performed 1006 exams. • AAC vets spayed/neutered 575 animals. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 93 emergency cases were treated at AAC. • 82 emergencies were transferred from the emergency clinic. • The estimated emergency clinic bill for June is $42,000. • 6 animals received orthopedic surgeries. • 14 animals received other specialty surgeries (enucleations, amputations, mass removals, hernia repair, wound repairs, laparotomies, entropion, dentals, etc.). • 2 cruelty case(s) were treated. • 174 animals were pulled by Austin Pets Alive! for medical reasons (26 medical urgent, 29 medical attention, 59 neonatal, 7 pregnant, 43 parvo/panleuk). • APA pulled 5 large dogs and 1 small dog and 2 cats for behavior in June. 3 Social Media etc.) • ASO/AAC posted approximately 120 posts across all platforms (Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, • Facebook audience reached 220.1k with 299 new “likes”. • Instagram audience reached 189.5k with 804 new “likes”.