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Reporting AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES Animal Advisory Commission August 11, 2025 Rolando Fernandez Jr. Animal Services Interim Director Jason Garza Animal Services Deputy Director 1 Monthly Reporting AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES 2 AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER MONTHLY DATA The live outcome rate for July was 94.27%. 1,094 animals were brought to the shelter 767 animals were adopted 82 dogs and cats were returned to their owners July 1, 2025 1530 animals in the ASO inventory August 1, 2025 1306 animals in the ASO inventory 3 ANIMAL PROTECTION FIELD DATA Field Return to Owner (RTO) Fencing Applications Impounded Injured Impounded Regular or Sick Rabies Specimens 12 2 24 114 40 WILDLIFE COYOTES Coyote Related Activities 40 Activities Breakdown 17 wild sick 2 incidents 16 sightings 1 encounter 4 wild injured 4 VOLUNTEERING HOURS OVERVIEW 594 volunteers contributed 7,307.43 hours 4 orientations, introducing 123 potential volunteers 16 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 145.2 hours 27 individuals donated 54 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and cat care SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook • 1.52 million page views • 472,000 unique individuals • 47,000 content interactions Instagram • 1.1 million page views • 271,000 unique individuals • 51,000 content interactions 5 FOSTER AND RESCUE In July, 13 different rescue partners pulled a total of 314 domestic animals from the Austin Animal Center. • 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. • 31 animals were a part of Finder to Foster • More than 273 animals were adopted directly from foster care. • 341 new foster applications were processed. • There are currently 902 approved foster care providers 6 VET SERVICES • 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. • 64 for severe injury, neurological, congenital, cardiac, suffering, toxicity, or agonal reasons. • 2 for court ordered euthanasia. 7 Spay and Neuter AUSTIN ANIMAL SERVICES 8 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES BY THE YEAR FY2020 4642 FY2020 5986 Surgeries performed In-house FY2022 6079 FY2021 4916 FY2023 5217 Surgeries performed via Contract FY2022 4761 FY2023 7571 FY2021 4956 FY2024 5641 FY2024 10628 Austin Animal Services supports the community and the welfare of Austin and Travis County animals by providing spay and neuter services. These services are provided to in-care animals by staff veterinarians and by using contracts to fulfill this need in the community. Over the past five years, the City’s commitment to the spay and neuter program has been reflected by the growing number of spay and neuter surgeries that have been performed. 9 SPAY/NEUTER SURGERIES BY THE MONTH The budget increase Animal Services received for the FY2025 budget was utilized to secure a contract with a third-party vendor to perform free spay/neuters to pets owned by City of Austin and Travis County residents. Council approved a contract with Greater Good Charities on July 18, 2024. Under that contract, there have been five events, which have resulted in 5,209 surgeries to community pets. surgeries performed by contracted vendors OCT-24 594 NOV-24 513 DEC-24 1764 JAN-25 1905 FEB-25 809 MAR-25 1244 APR-25 1859 MAY-25 939 JUN-25 920 Emancipet Emancipet 1065 1036 Emancipet Emancipet GoodFix GoodFix GoodFix 945 Emancipet Emancipet SEPT-24 GoodFix 1039 386 328 Emancipet Emancipet 630 950 Emancipet 763 680 Austin Humane Society Austin Humane Society 589 674 Austin Humane Society Austin Humane Society 748 Austin Humane Society Austin Humane Society JULY-25 GoodFix 1124 208 185 Austin Humane Society Austin Humane Society 179 294 136 166 Austin Humane Society 166 176 240 10 SPAY/NEUTER JULY 2025 GOOD FIX CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 75 cats + 109 dogs (184 total) 119 cats + 142 dogs (261 total) 89 cats + 133 dogs (222 total) 110 cats + 111 dogs (221 total) AUSTIN ANIMAL CENTER Spays 41 cats | 173 kittens | 68 dogs | 37 puppies | 1 rabbit (320 total) 129 cats + 107 dogs (236 total) Neuters 28 cats | 194 kittens | 44 dogs | 26 puppies | 3 rabbits (295 total) TOTAL 1124 (522 cats + 602 dogs) TOTAL 615 11 Rolando Fernandez Jr. Animal Services Interim Director Jason Garza Animal Services Deputy Director 12