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Reports and Updates Austin Animal Services | March 9, 2026 Updates and Upcoming Events March 2026 Monica Dangler, Director Upcoming Events March 22, 2026 Who Let the Dogs Out On March 22, Borracho Pro is bringing the action to the shelter for a special charity wrestling event benefiting Austin Animal Services! This event helps raise critical resources to support the animals in our care. • • • Adoptable dogs and cats onsite Shelter tours + ways to get involved Admission is donation-based! Bring in wish-list items or donate directly — every contribution goes to helping the animals!! Come for the wrestling. Stay for the animals. March 11, 2026 Upcoming Closure On March 11, Austin Animal Services will be closed for a day of staff development and training. Staff training is essential to successful and safe shelter operations in alignment with Austin Animal Services’ Five-Year Strategic Plan, the Staff and Volunteer priority, Goal 1, Strategy A and D. This month’s training will be focused on safety including CPR, Stop the Bleed, First Aid, and Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) trainings. Emergency field services will remain available throughout the closure and normal operations will resume on March 12, 2026. 3 3 30-60-90 Day Horizon Plan Monica Dangler, Director Accomplishments on the Horizon! Completed action items in the past 30 days Process Improvement Evaluation of plea process for large dogs to rescues New Programming Dog's Day Out and Paw-jama Party begin this month and are on track to expand in the future. Enhance Staffing As of Monday, March 9, there are only 3 open Vet Tech positions! Onboarding has begun and offers have been extended to candidates. Improvements to shelter database Volunteer access has been implemented! Volunteer mentors received training and access. Additional training has been scheduled for all volunteers. Initial feedback sessions conducted Engagement with staff and stakeholders is ongoing. Develop plan for re-opening intake Explored foster management tools 5 What does the horizon plan look like for March? 30 Community Engagement • Develop a marketing plan with measurable goals and performance metrics to promote • Pet placement • Events • community education and engagement • capacity management, and • emergency communications. • Create a monthly in-shelter event calendar with success metrics Enhance Staffing • Onboard 3 Vet Techs and recruit 3 additional Vet Techs • Conduct Kennel cleaning time study 6 30 What does the horizon plan look like for March? Process Improvement • Develop pathway planning • Review transfer and plea guidelines Foster Program • Weekly foster posts • Identify 3 dogs for foster every day • Daily foster emails • Expand Dog Day Out to 3 days a week Develop plan for reopening intake • Ongoing process • Work with APA on community-based solutions 7 60 What does the horizon plan look like for March? Foster Program • Weekly foster posts • Identify 5 dogs for foster every day • Daily foster emails • Implement foster management tools • Offer Dog Day Out program 5 days a week Social Presence • Update language and tone on socials • Implement Newsletter • Implement plan for socials Shelter and Process Improvements • Develop communication strategy for kennel space protocol on Socials • Continue recruitment for Vet Tech openings Develop plan for reopening intake • Reduce wait-time for intake 8 What does the horizon plan look like for March? 90 Open Intake Planning • Open intake for all stray animals Foster Program • Identify 7 dogs for foster every day • Offer Dog Day Out program 7 days a week Shelter Database • Evaluate volunteer module for effectiveness and potential future enhancements • Explore allowing volunteers to add notes for animals directly to database 9 Monthly Reporting February 2026 Jason Garza, Assistant Director § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Number of impounded animals 823 animals were impounded this month. February 2026 (FY26) saw 788 domestic animals impounded at AAS. There was an 11.46% increase from January 2026 which brought in 707 domestic animals to the shelter. Intake Sources A breakdown of the sources for intake. Most animals came from Animal Protection Officers while in the field. APO Impound Community Cat Owner Surrender Stray from Public APD | TCSO Returned to Shelter Born in Care Emergency Clinic Deceased on Arrival 318 151 150 139 28 22 8 3 2 Animals Impounded A breakdown of impounded animals by species and/or age. 35, Wildlife 2 Guinea Pigs Ferrets 66 Kittens 159 Puppies 1 Reptile Fowl Rabbit Bird 289 Cats 266 Dogs Cat Dog Puppy Kitten Wildlife 11 § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Number of animals euthanized 28 animals were euthanized this month. Animals Euthanized A breakdown of animals euthanized this month by species and/or age. 1 Fowl 4 Puppies 4 Dogs 6 Wildlife 13 Cats Animal Type Cats Wildlife Dogs Puppies Fowl Reasons for Euthanasia This chart shows the breakdown of reasons for euthanasia by animal. For example, all 6 animals euthanized for “rabies risk” were wildlife. 1 3 Puppies 2 Dogs 12 Cats 6 Wildlife 1 Puppy 1 Dog 1 Dog 1 Cat Suffering Rabies Risk Agonal DB5 Bites Injured Neurological Each bar is equal to 100% of the euthanasia reason category. 12 § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Live-release rate for non-wildlife animals February 2026 (FY26) saw a live-release rate for domestic animals of 95.53 % This means that of all outcomes for the month of February, 95.53% or 662 were positive and involved adoption, rescue transfer, return-to-owner, etc. 2 Guinea Pigs Rabbits 1 Rodent Reptile Ferret Kittens 50 Puppies 90 Dogs 274 Cats 241 Positive Outcomes by Animal Dogs Cats Puppies Kittens Live Outcomes by Animal This chart shows the breakdown of each kind of live outcome by the number of animals with that live outcome. For example, all 17 animals “returned to habitat” were Community Cats. 3 13 Cats 60 Dogs 4 28 Kittens 46 Puppies 151 Cats 156 Dogs 3 22 Kittens 41 Puppies 60 Cats 58 Dogs 17 Cats Adopted Reclaimed Returned to Habitat Rescue Transfer Each bar is equal to 100% of the outcome category. 13 § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Animals adopted 385 animals were adopted this month. 1 Rodent Ferret 2 Rabbits Puppies 50 Kittens 40 Cats 139 Dogs 152 Adoptions Cats Dogs Kittens Puppies Rodents Rabbits Ferret Adoptions This chart shows the number of adoptions per month, ranked by fiscal year. 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 1 October November 2 December 3 January 4 February 5 2026 2025 2024 2023 14 § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Animals in foster care in the month and on day of reporting • 308 different people/families fostered. • As of March 4, there are 229 animals in foster care. • • • • In the month of February, 13 animals were a part of the Finder to Foster Program. 58 animals were adopted directly from foster care. 104 new foster applications were processed. There are currently 791 members (approved foster care providers) in the foster program’s GivePulse group. • We completed a membership cleanup in February, so all current members are actively fostering or have indicated that they plan to foster within the next 12 months. Animals transferred to rescue In February, 20 different rescue partners pulled a total of 184 domestic animals from the Austin Animal Services. Among the 184 domestic animals, 17 animals were transferred for medical reasons to rescue partners. 33 were transferred to Austin Humane Society for SNR/TNR. 68 were transferred to assist with capacity challenges. 15 § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Animals returned to owner February 2026 (FY26) saw 76 animals reclaimed. Animal Protection Officers (APOs) returned 2 animals to their owners in the field. Intact animals adopted or RTO No animals were adopted intact. Animals lost, stolen, or missing There were no animals reported as lost, stolen, or missing in February at AAS. Animals died in shelter or in foster 8 animals died in shelter. Of these, 6 were domesticated animals (2 cats, 2 kittens, 1 dog, and 1 puppy). The remaining deaths were wildlife. 16 § 3-1-27 - Reporting by Animal Shelter Vaccination numbers upon intake There were 917 administered vaccinations for the month of February. Volunteer Program Animals spayed/neutered at the shelter 341 Shelter Spay/Neuters 35 Kittens 126 Dogs 2 Rabbits 126 Cats 52 Puppies Money paid for emergency treatment to third-party providers The invoice for services has not yet been provided to Austin Animal Services from the Emergency Clinic (EC) for the month of February. The most recent invoice for services rendered amounted to $10,818.89 in January 2026. • • • • In February, 427 volunteers contributed 5,280 hours 4 orientations, introducing 95 potential volunteers 14 Community Service Restitution individuals to perform 105 hours 85 volunteers dedicated their time to volunteer development and onboarding training Cat Cleaning, Care, and Enrichment Dog Walking, Care, and Enrichment 777.38 hours 2,375.94 hours Community Cats 534.58 hours 17 MONICA DANGLER DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES Monica.Dangler@austintexas.gov JASON GARZA ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ANIMAL SERVICES Jason.Garza@austintexas.gov Prepared by Sadie Spalding, Department Executive Assistant 18