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September 2024 AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT 1 Animal Services News • The live outcome rate for September was 97.59%. • A total of 1,002 animals were brought to the shelter which included 568 cats, 399 dogs, 27 wild animals, 3 chickens, 2 guinea pigs, 2 pigeons, and 1 pig. • A total of 578 animals were adopted (142 adult dogs, 111 puppies, 1 neonatal puppy, 252 kittens, and 72 adult cats). • A total of 97 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On September 1, there were 892 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (524 onsite, 364 in foster, 1 at a vet clinic, and 2 at TLAC). • On October 1, there were 936 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (550 onsite, 384 in foster, 1 at a vet clinic, and 1 at TLAC). Animal Protection • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 55 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 24 fencing assistance applications and implanted 8 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 136 injured animals and delivered approximately 74 wildlife animals to • Officers entered 196 rabies exposure reports and submitted specimens for rabies testing. We had Austin Wildlife Rescue. 12 positive bats and 4 decomposed bats. • From September 1 to September 191, there were 53 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 31 Wild Sick o 18 Sightings o 2 o 2 Encounters Incidents • Out of 53 coyote related activities, 22 (42%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 2/2 (100%) of encounters reported. ▪ An encounter involved a coyote with mange “trying to go after dog” ▪ An encounter involved 3 coyotes following resident and dog o Incidents: Pets were a factor in 2/2 (100%) of incidents reported ▪ An incident involved a coyote killing an outside unsupervised cat ▪ An incident involved two coyotes injuring an outside unsupervised cat 1 Dataset incomplete for the month of September due to reporting staff on personal leave. Data will be added to next month’s report. • Out of 53 coyote related reports, 33 (62%) reports were updated to the correct behavior types. 2 o 14 sightings updated to wild sick (Due to mange) o Residents are mistaking coyotes with mange for dogs ▪ 9 stray injured dogs updated to wild sick coyotes ▪ 2 stray roam dogs updated to wild sick coyotes Volunteer general cat care. operations. • A total of 482 volunteers donated 5,412.92 hours of volunteer service. • 71 individuals donated 142 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 102 potential volunteers to shelter • The Volunteer Program scheduled 14 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 146 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 177 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and training. Foster & Rescue • 141 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 300 different people/families fostered. • 176 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1333 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 September (based on the reports that are available to us). • As of October 1, 2024, at 8:15 a.m. there are 392 animals in foster care. Community Cats and Public Outreach So far, this calendar year, Community Cats has facilitated spay/neuter surgeries for 1,373 TNR (Trap- Neuter-Release) cats and over 304 SNR (Shelter-Neuter-Release) cats. • 31 volunteers and 2 staff sent a total of 231 cats through the TNR program in August • New TNR Assistance Requests: 68 • Current Open TNR Assistance Requests: 576 (this does include duplicates) 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. The first of these events took place the last week of September and performed 1,049 surgeries for Austin/Travis County residents. 3 Vet Services • AAC vets performed 731 exams. • AAC vets spayed/neutered 443 animals. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 56 emergency cases were treated at AAC. • 35 emergencies were transferred from the emergency clinic. • The estimated emergency clinic bill for September is $32,000. • 5 animals received orthopedic surgeries. • 16 animals received other specialty surgeries (enucleations, amputations, mass removals, hernia repair, wound repairs, laparotomies, entropion, dentals, etc.). • 0 cruelty case(s) were treated. • 152 animals were pulled by Austin Pets Alive! for medical reasons (10 medical urgent, 12 medical attention, 77 neonatal, 3 pregnant, 25 parvo/panleuk). • APA pulled 4 large dogs and 0 small dogs and 0 cats for behavior in September. Social Media Information for September 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.