Item #3 June 2025 Austin Animal Services Report — original pdf

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June 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 July was 89.24%. • A total of 1,293 animals were brought to the shelter which included 857 cats, 419 dogs, 70 non-dog/cat mammals, 8 rabbits, 7 guinea pigs, and 5 birds. • A total of 530 animals were adopted (169 adult dogs, 68 puppies, 196 kittens, 93 adult cats, and 4 rabbits). • A total of 71 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On June 1, there were 1289 animals within the ASO inventory. • On July 1, there were 1530 animals within the ASO inventory. Animal Protection Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 3 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 3 fencing assistance applications and implanted 3 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 55 injured animals and 131 regular or sick animals and delivered approximately 62 wildlife animals to Austin Wildlife Rescue. • Officers submitted 51 specimens for rabies testing. We had 5 positive bats, 6 decomposed bats, and 1 destroyed bat. Wildlife Data is partially incomplete and does not include non-coyote wildlife. • There were 18 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 11 sightings, 2 incidents, 4 encounter, and 1 observation • Out of 18 coyote related activities, 18 (100%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o 3/4 encounters (75%) involved a coyote following caller and dogs o 1/4 encounters (25%) involved a coyote not responding to hazing efforts Volunteer Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 541 volunteers contributed 7,226 hours in June. • • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 141 potential volunteers to shelter operations. The Volunteer Program scheduled 23 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 221 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 156 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training. 2 • 41 individuals donated 82 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and general cat care. Foster & Rescue Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 441 different people/families fostered. • As of July 1st @ 9:15 a.m. there are 552 animals in foster care. • • 5 pet(s) died or were euthanized in foster care in June based on information provided to ASO. • More than 142 animals were adopted directly from foster care. (This information (142 total In the month of June, 36 animals were a part of the Finder to Foster Program. animals) was pulled using Adopets, but does not necessarily include adoptions that were manually processed / pushed through by staff.) • 147 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 730 members (approved foster care providers) 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.) Vet Services Data is unavailable and/or incomplete due to systems transfer and veterinary staffing shortages. • 494 spay/neuter surgeries were performed in June. • 1206 animals were vaccinated. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 259 animals were transferred to rescue organizations. • 44 animals were euthanized in June. o 42 for severe injury, neurological, congenital, cardiac, suffering, or agonal reasons. o 2 for court ordered euthanasia. Marketing and Social Media • • In June, ASO’s Facebook had 1.21 million page views, reached 353,000 unique individuals, and garnered 34,000 content interactions. In June, ASO’s Instagram had 650,000 page views, reach of 120,000 unique individuals, and 44,000 content interactions.