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August 2024 AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT 1 Animal Services News • The live outcome rate for August was 97.82%. • A total of 904 animals were brought to the shelter which included 491 cats, 357 dogs, 32 wild animals, 14 guinea pigs, 3 lizards, 2 rabbits, and 1 tortoise. • A total of 735 animals were adopted (148 adult dogs, 126 puppies, 1 neonatal puppy, 360 kittens, and 100 adult cats). • A total of 73 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On August 1, there were 1,045 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (553 onsite, 486 in foster, 2 • On September 1, there were 892 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (524 onsite, 364 in at a vet clinic, and 1 at TLAC). foster, 1 at a vet clinic, and 2 at TLAC). Animal Protection • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 47 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 13 fencing assistance applications and implanted 1 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 139 injured animals and delivered approximately 104 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife Rescue. • Officers entered 257 rabies exposure reports and submitted 41 specimens for rabies testing. We had 11 positive bats, 1 positive skunk, 4 decomposed bats and 2 decomposed skunks, and 1 decomposed fox. • 76 total coyote related activities (Behavior types include Sighting, Encounter, Incident, and Observation. “Observation” is defined as hearing coyotes howling and finding scat or footprints.) o 46 Wild Sick o 23 Sightings o 3 Encounters o 2 Wild Speak o 1 Observation o 1 Wild Injured • Out of 76 coyote related activities, 27 (24%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 3/3 (100%) of encounters reported.  An encounter involved two coyotes following caller and pet.  An encounter involved a coyote being chased by residents’ dog for 2-3 blocks.  An encounter involved a coyote with mange lunging at a dog, once the caller and dog came around the corner and startled the coyote. • Out of 76 coyote related reports, 55 (72%) reports were updated to the correct behavior types. 2 o 16 sightings updated to wild sick (Due to mange) o Residents are mistaking coyotes with mange for dogs  15 stray injured dogs updated to wild sick coyotes  3 stray roam dogs updated to wild sick coyotes Volunteer general cat care. operations. • A total of 450 volunteers donated 5,221.45 hours of volunteer service. • 58 individuals donated 116 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and • The Volunteer Program held 5 orientations, introducing 125 potential volunteers to shelter • The Volunteer Program scheduled 15 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 191 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 150 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and training. Foster & Rescue • 220 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 330 different people/families fostered. • 129 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1271 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.) • 4 pet(s) died or were euthanized in foster care in August (based on the reports that are available to us). • As of September 5, 2024, at 2:10 p.m. there are 369 animals in foster care. Community Cats and Public Outreach So far, this fiscal year, Community Cats has facilitated spay/neuter surgeries for 1,481 TNR (Trap-Neuter- Release) cats and over 371 SNR (Shelter-Neuter-Release) cats. ASO has partnered with Greater Goods Charities program Good Fix, to offer free spay/neuter surgeries, rabies vaccinations and microchipping at several large-scale collaborative events. These will begin in September this year. Vet Services • AAC vets performed 778 exams. 3 • AAC vets spayed/neutered 626 animals. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 50 emergency cases were treated at AAC. • 63 emergencies were transferred from the emergency clinic. • The estimated emergency clinic bill for August is $32,000. • 8 animals received orthopedic surgeries. • 13 animals received other specialty surgeries (enucleations, amputations, mass removals, hernia repair, wound repairs, laparotomies, entropion, dentals, etc.). • 0 cruelty case(s) were treated. • 127 animals were pulled by Austin Pets Alive! for medical reasons (14 medical urgent, 16 medical attention, 79 neonatal, 4 pregnant, 5 parvo/panleuk). • APA pulled 5 large dogs and 0 small dogs and 0 cats for behavior in August. Social Media Information for August could not be pulled as the Marketing and Communications Program Manager left ASO in early August and a replacement has not been found at this time.