Item #2: Animal Services Office Report May 2025 — original pdf

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May 2025 AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES REPORT 1 On May 5, 2025, Animal Services transitioned to a new database for shelter management. This transition is ongoing and has potentially impacted data reporting. Austin Animal Center Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • The live outcome rate for May 1-5 was 89.23%. For May 6-31, the live outcome rate was 91.02%. • A total of 1,332 animals were brought to the shelter which included 840 dogs, 466 cats, 37 wild animals, 7 rabbits, 6 guinea pigs, and one bird. • A total of 500 animals were adopted (168 adult dogs, 69 puppies, 128 kittens, 122 adult cats, 5 rabbits, 4 mice, 2 birds, and 2 guinea pigs). • A total of 80 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On May 1, there were 922 animals within the ASO inventory. • On June 1, there were 1307 animals within the ASO inventory. Animal Protection Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 9 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 4 fencing assistance applications and implanted 0 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 91 injured animals and delivered approximately 28 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife Rescue. • Officers submitted 33 specimens for rabies testing. We had 6 positive bats, 6 decomposed bats, and 1 decomposed raccoon. Wildlife Data is partially incomplete and does not include non-coyote wildlife. • There were 44 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, 17 wild sick, 2 incidents, 1 encounter, and 2 wild injured • Out of 44 coyote related activities, 25 (57%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o There were no encounters or incidents reported for the month of May. Volunteer Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 520 volunteers contributed 6,889 hours in May. • • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 118 potential volunteers to shelter operations. The Volunteer Program scheduled 16 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 162 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 158 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training. 2 • 21 individuals donated 42 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and general cat care. Foster & Rescue Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 15 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • More than 250 different people/families fostered. • 166 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 656 members (approved fosters) in the foster program’s GivePulse group. (We just completed a program list clean-up at the beginning of May (to coincide with the database update), so all members have either indicated that they wish to remain active and intend to foster within the next year, or they currently have foster pets in their care.) • As of June 4, at 7:10 a.m., there are 474 animals in foster care. • 28 pet(s) died or were euthanized in foster care in May, 19 of these animals were neonatal kittens. (Based on the information provided to us.) Vet Services Data is unavailable and/or incomplete due to systems transfer and veterinary staffing shortages. • 420 spay/neuter surgeries were performed in May. • 86 animals were vaccinated. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 326 animals were transferred to rescue organizations. • 67 animals were euthanized in May. o 63 for severe injury, neurological, congenital, cardiac, suffering, or agonal reasons. o 3 for aggression and/or bites and 1 court ordered euthanasia. Marketing and Social Media • • In May, ASO’s Facebook had 1.26 million page views, reached 385,000 unique individuals, and garnered 48,000 content interactions. In May, ASO’s Instagram had 738,000 page views, reach of 147,000 unique individuals, and 41,000 content interactions.