Item 2: July 2025 Austin Animal Services Report — original pdf

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July 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 93.16%. • A total of 1,094 animals were brought to the shelter which included 633 cats, 446 dogs, 43 non-dog/cat mammals/marsupials/wild birds, 8 rabbits, and 7 reptiles. • A total of 767 animals were adopted (178 adult dogs, 67 puppies, 404 kittens, 116 adult cats, and 2 guinea pigs). • A total of 82 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On July 1, there were 1530 animals within the ASO inventory. • On August 1, there were 1306 animals within the ASO inventory. Animal Protection Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 12 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 2 fencing assistance applications and implanted 0 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 24 injured animals and 114 regular or sick animals. • Officers submitted 40 specimens for rabies testing. We had 3 positive bats, 2 decomposed bats, and 1 destroyed bat. Wildlife Data is partially incomplete and does not include non-coyote wildlife. • There were 40 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 17 wild sick, 16 sightings, 4 wild injured, 2 incidents, 1 encounter • Out of 40 coyote related activities, 19 (48%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 0/1 (0%) of encounters reported  1/1 encounters (100%) involved coyote not responding to hazing efforts made by the resident o Incidents: Pets were a factor in 2/2 (100%) of incidents reported  2/2 incidents (100%) involved off-leash dogs going off trail and getting bitten by a coyote Volunteer Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 594 volunteers contributed 7,307.43 hours in July. • • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 123 potential volunteers to shelter operations. The Volunteer Program scheduled 16 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 145.2 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 185 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training. • 27 individuals donated 54 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and general cat care. 2 Foster & Rescue Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • In July, 13 different rescue partners pulled a total of 314 domestic animals from the Austin Animal Center. o This total included: 100 kittens, 100 cats, 48 puppies, 57 dogs, 4 guinea pigs, 4 rabbits, and 1 reptile • 476 different people/families fostered. • As of August 1st @ 7:30 a.m. there are 456 animals in foster care. • In the month of July, 31 animals were a part of the Finder to Foster Program. • 2 young kittens died in foster care in July based on information provided to ASO. • More than 273 animals were adopted directly from foster care. (This information (273 total animals) was pulled using Adopets, but does not necessarily include adoptions that were manually processed / pushed through by staff.) • 341 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 902 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. • 615 spay/neuter surgeries were performed in July. • 1206 animals were vaccinated. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 345 animals were transferred to rescue organizations. • 66 animals were euthanized in July. o 64 for severe injury, neurological, congenital, cardiac, suffering, toxicity, or agonal reasons. o 2 for court ordered euthanasia. Marketing and Social Media • In July, ASO’s Facebook had 1.52 million page views, reached 472,000 unique individuals, and garnered 47,000 content interactions. • In July, ASO’s Instagram had 1.1 million page views, reach of 271,000 unique individuals, and 51,000 content interactions. 3