Item #2 Austin Animal Services Office February 2025 Report — original pdf

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February 2025 AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT 1 Austin Animal Center clinic, and 1 at TLAC). clinic, and 4 at TLAC). Animal Protection Rescue. positive bat. Wildlife • The live outcome rate for February was 95.81%. • A total of 846 animals were brought to the shelter which included 476 dogs, 331 cats, 20 wild animals, 10 rabbits, 4 betta fish, one guinea pig, and one rat. • A total of 526 animals were adopted (140 adult dogs, 154 puppies, 112 kittens, and 120 adult cats). • A total of 75 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On February 1, there were 745 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (460 onsite, 280 in foster, 2 at a vet • On March 1, there were 770 dogs and cats within the ASO inventory (479 onsite, 285 in foster, 2 at a vet • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) made contact with the public 2,234 times in the month of February. • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 29 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 19 fencing assistance applications and implanted 4 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 89 injured animals and delivered approximately 62 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife • Officers entered 197 rabies exposure reports and submitted 20 specimens for rabies testing. We had 1 • There were 38 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 22 sightings, 7 wild sick, 2 incidents, 3 observations, 1 encounters, 1 wild injured, and 2 wild speak • Out of 38 coyote related activities, 28 (74%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 1/1 (100%) of encounters reported.  1/1 encounters (100%) involved a coyote chasing an owned outside cat in a fenced o Incidents: Pets were a factor in 2/2 (100%) of incidents reported.  1/2 incidents (50%) involved a coyote possibly injuring a pet. Unable to contact the  1/2 incidents (50%) involved a coyote injuring a person’s dog and caller backyard. caller for more information witnessed incident. • Out of 38 coyote related reports, 12 (32%) reports were updated to the correct behavior types. o 2 sightings updated to wild sick (due to mange) o Residents are mistaking coyotes with mange for dogs  1 stray injured dog to wild injured coyote • A total of 236 wildlife related reports were made, including 106 wild injured, 62 wild speaks, 41 exposure investigations (30 bats, 9 raccoons, 1 fox, 1 skunk), 17 wild sick, 6 wild confined. 2 Wildlife Related Activites by District February 2025 60 50 40 30 20 10 s e t i v i t c A Volunteer f o # 0 Foster & Rescue Assist Storm Drain Wild Confined Wild Sick Wild Speak Wild Injured Presentation D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 Investigate Exposure Districts • 536 volunteers contributed 6,070.15 hours in February. • • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 156 potential volunteers to shelter operations. The Volunteer Program scheduled 19 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 168 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 188 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training. • 122 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 240 different people/families fostered. • 140 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 802 members (approved fosters) in the foster program’s GivePulse group. • 1 pet(s) died or were euthanized in foster care in February (based on the reports that are available to us). Vet Services • As of March 1st, at 10 a.m. there are 289 animals in foster care. • AAC vets performed 701 exams. • AAC vets spayed/neutered 405 animals. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 50 emergency cases were treated at AAC. • 39 emergencies were transferred from the emergency clinic. 3 • The estimated emergency clinic bill for February is $36,000. • 5 animals received orthopedic surgeries. • 7 animals received other specialty surgeries (enucleations, amputations, mass removals, hernia repair, wound repairs, laparotomies, entropion, dentals, etc.). • 0 cruelty case(s) were treated. • 66 animals were pulled by Austin Pets Alive! for medical reasons (16 medical urgent, 12 medical attention, 30 neonatal, 7 pregnant, 1 return to APA!, 0 parvo/panleuk). • APA pulled 5 large dogs and 2 small dogs and 0 cats for behavior in February. Social Media • Facebook audience reached 228k with 575 new “follows”. • Instagram audience reached 72k with 889 new “follows”.