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

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September 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 September was 94.57%. • A total of 957 animals were brought to the shelter which included 551 cats and 393 dogs. • A total of 541 animals were adopted which included 314 cats and 223 dogs. • A total of 81 dogs and cats were returned to their owners (RTOs and RTO-Adopt). • On September 1, there were 1241 animals within the ASO inventory. • On October 1, there were 1253 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 3 fencing assistance applications and implanted 0 microchip(s). • Officers impounded 19 injured animals and 108 regular or sick animals. • Officers submitted 38 specimens for rabies testing. We had 12 positive bats, 6 decomposed bats, and 1 destroyed raccoon. Wildlife Data is partially incomplete and does not include non-coyote wildlife. • There were 38 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 16 sightings, 14 wild sick, 1 encounter, 3 incidents, 2 wild speaks, 2 observations • Out of 38 coyote related activities, 22 (58%) reports fell within the reported behavior types (sighting, encounter, incident, and observation) o Encounters: Pets were a factor in 1/1 (100%) of encounters reported  1/1 encounters (100%) involved a coyote with mange sleeping in fenced backyard and o encountered dog without incident Incidents: Pets were a factor in 3/3 (100%) of incidents reported  1/3 incidents (33%) involved a coyote chasing after a dog. No contact was made.  1/3 incidents (33%) involved a coyote killing an outside unsupervised cat  1/3 incidents (33%) involved a coyote injuring a dog Volunteer Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • 521 volunteers contributed 6,642.05 hours in September. • • The Volunteer Program held 4 orientations, introducing 137 potential volunteers to shelter operations. The Volunteer Program scheduled 15 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 224.5 hours of laundry, dishes and other duties as assigned. • 139 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training. • 28 individuals donated 56 hours toward group volunteer service, through dog-walking and general cat care. Foster & Rescue 2 Data is partially incomplete due to systems transfer. • In September, 20 different rescue partners pulled a total of 211 domestic animals from the Austin Animal Center. In the month of September, 35 animals were a part of the Finder to Foster Program. • 384 different people/families fostered. • As of October 2, there are 348 animals in foster care. • • More than 100 animals were adopted directly from foster care. (This information was pulled using Adopets, but does not necessarily include adoptions that were manually processed / pushed through by staff.) • 190 new foster applications were processed. (This number does not necessarily include walk-in / in person applications that were processed.) • There are currently 1098 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. • 565 spay/neuter surgeries were performed in September. • 1614 animals were vaccinated. • 212 animals were transferred to rescue organizations. • 38 animals were euthanized in September. o 35 for severe injury, neurological, congenital, cardiac, suffering, toxicity, or agonal reasons. o 1 for court ordered euthanasia, 2 for aggression and public safety risk. Marketing and Social Media Austin Animal Services Facebook had 1.4 million page views, reached 438,000 unique individuals, and got 44,000 content interactions. Austin Animal Services Instagram had 823,000 page views, reached 115,000 unique individuals, and got 31,000 content interactions during September.