First, because per
capita shelter intake and euthanasia are in decline due to a variety of reasons, it is impossible to determine the effect of an MSN law without comparing a community's trends in shelter intake and euthanasia for several years before and after the law was enacted to trends in adjacent, similar communities without MSN legislation.
Background Per
capita shelter intake and euthanasia have been in a steady decline nationwide for the past several decades.
After two years, per
capita shelter intake was 3.5 times higher and per capita shelter euthanasia was 17.5 times higher in the nontarget area than in the target area.
Not exact matches
We've seen the
shelter intake per
capita drop year over year since we first started in Austin.