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August 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 August was 95.70%. • A total of 964 animals were brought to the shelter which included 544 cats, 411 dogs, 4 rabbits, 2 reptiles, a bird and a guinea pig. • A total of 604 animals were adopted (147 adult dogs, 68 puppies, 260 kittens, 120 adult cats, 4 rabbits, 4 guinea pigs, and a rodent). • A total of 64 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On August 1, there were 1306 animals within the ASO inventory. • On September 1, there were 1241 animals within the ASO inventory. Animal Protection Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 7 animals to their owners in the field. • Officers handed out 6 fencing assistance applications and implanted 1 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 32 injured animals and 114 regular or sick animals. • Officers submitted 35 specimens for rabies testing. We had 7 positive bats, 3 decomposed bats, and 1 destroyed skunk. Wildlife Data is partially incomplete and does not include non-coyote wildlife. • There were 30 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 12 sightings, 9 wild sick, 6 encounters, 2 incidents, 1 wild speak • Out of 30 coyote related activities, 20 (67%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 4/6 (67%) of encounters reported  1/6 encounters (17%) involved a coyote barking at the caller  1/6 encounters (17%) involved a coyote chasing after a dog in off-leash dog trail  1/6 encounters (17%) involved two coyotes following caller and off leash dog  2/6 encounters (33%) involved dogs chasing after coyotes with mange  1/6 encounters (17%) coyote followed caller o Incidents: Pets were a factor in 2/2 (100%) of incidents reported  1/2 incidents (50%) involved a coyote killing two outside unsupervised feral cats  1/2 incidents (50%) did not have anything stated in the memo and could not make contact with caller. Volunteer Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 577 volunteers contributed 7,307.43 hours in August. • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 115 potential volunteers to shelter operations. 2 • The Volunteer Program scheduled 18 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 200.25 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 157 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training. • 39 individuals donated 78 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and general cat care. Foster & Rescue Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • In August, 21 different rescue partners pulled a total of 261 domestic animals from the Austin Animal Center. • 426 different people/families fostered. • As of September 2nd @ 8:56 a.m. there are 339 animals in foster care. • • More than 162 animals were adopted directly from foster care. (This information (273 total In the month of August, 21 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.) • 155 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1001 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. • 515 spay/neuter surgeries were performed in August. • 1644 animals were vaccinated. • 0 visibly pregnant animals were spayed. • 261 animals were transferred to rescue organizations. • 35 animals were euthanized in August. o 28 for severe injury, neurological, congenital, cardiac, suffering, toxicity, or agonal reasons. o 7 for court ordered euthanasia. Marketing and Social Media ASO’s Facebook had 1.22 million page views, reached 321,000 unique individuals, and got 33,000 content interactions. ASO’s Instagram had 1 million page views, reached 112,000 unique individuals, and got 40,000 content interactions during August.