Another likely consequence is a rise
in shelter intake rates.
Not exact matches
Our
intake rate is always increasing due to the number of requests that we get from area
shelters with urgent animals
in need.
The same
shelter has a save
rate of 66.66 % (where «saved» includes animals who will likely ultimately be euthanized) and a live release
rate of 33.33 % (where animals without a final fate are included
in the formula of
intake).
Target Zero's professionals work on - site with, and mentor,
shelter staff and government officials, on a pro-bono basis (i.e. no cost to the community or
shelter)
in communities around the country to implement progressive, proven measures to achieve the twin goals of reducing
shelter intake and euthanasia
rates.
It's a matter of faith that spay / neuter programs will lead to reduced
shelter intake and a higher
rate of lifesaving
in a community.
Prior to the clinic's launch, there had already been a decline
in intake of dog's to the county's only animal
shelter and the
rate of decline did not change after the clinic opened, nor did the euthanasia
rate for dogs change significantly.
In 2017 Camden County Animal Shelter became the leading animal welfare agency in the region with the largest intake and highest save rate in the regio
In 2017 Camden County Animal
Shelter became the leading animal welfare agency
in the region with the largest intake and highest save rate in the regio
in the region with the largest
intake and highest save
rate in the regio
in the region.
When you see high
shelter intake relative to the human population and a low reclaim
rate, you are probably
in a place where the residents don't have the resources to keep their pets off the street and safely at home, or the resources to look for them when they disappear.
TNR lowers the
intake and euthanasia
rates in shelters and creates better, less hostile environments for feral cats.
Over the past three years, this coordinated effort has resulted
in a 27 percent increase
in the number of spay / neuter surgeries performed; which
in turn has resulted
in a 39 percent decrease
in shelter intake and euthanasia
rates have plummeted by 79 percent.
It has the best save
rate in Michigan among public open - admission
shelters whose
intakes match our numbers.
Making up 24 percent of
intake and nearly 40 percent of the
shelter's daily population,
in 2015 the live release
rate for pit bulls was only 62 percent compared to the 82 percent total dog live release
rate.
The objective of the program was to provide affordable spay and neuter services throughout the state
in order to reduce
shelter intake and euthanasia
rates.
Our focus is driven by the evolving realities for pets
in the United States:
Shelter intake and euthanasia
rates continue to decline, but there are recognized trouble spots.
Of the No Kill
shelters I've studied, the ones that have
intake per 1000 people of 40 or 50 or more generally seem to use transports a lot, or adopt animals to people outside of their own jurisdiction,
in order to get to a 90 % or better live release
rate.
Intake and euthanasia
rates in shelters in our service area are decreasing!
But unlike
in the mainland U.S., most people
in Puerto Rico choose to abandon their dogs on beaches or
in remote locations rather than surrender them to one of the island's eight open -
intake animal
shelters, where euthanasia
rates top a staggering 95 percent.
A Shot at Life: Vaccination Grants
In the Shot at Life grant application,
shelters are asked to provide
intake, adoption, euthanasia and return
rates for both cats and dogs.
While
in this role, Cameron implemented many lifesaving programs that directly impacted
intake and live release at the
shelter, helping the City of Jacksonville achieve and maintain a live release
rate of over 90 percent.
And since studies show that
shelter intake directly correlates with euthanasia
rates, keeping community cats out of
shelters in general is a good way to ensure even lower euthanasia numbers for 2016.
Numerous studies show that the
intake rate at
shelters significantly decrease when low - cost spay / neuter services are available
in the community.
Shelter intake rates continued to drop, and feral cat trap - neuter - release programs emerged
in the 1990s.
Puppy mills do play a large role
in perpetuating the cycle of high
shelter intakes and euthanasia
rates, and they are easy to speak out against because of their clearly inhumane conditions, but they are not the only problem.
Camden County Animal
Shelter is the leading animal welfare agency
in the region with the highest
intake and the highest save
rate to reach 83 %
in 2016.
Take Los Angeles: Â For several years before a mandatory spay / neuter law took effect
in 2008,
shelter intake and euthanasia
rates were declining likely because of increased access to free or low cost spay / neuter.
In the two years since the law was passed, shelter intake and euthanasia rates have increased just like in the breed specific examples of San Francisco and Kansas Cit
In the two years since the law was passed,
shelter intake and euthanasia
rates have increased just like
in the breed specific examples of San Francisco and Kansas Cit
in the breed specific examples of San Francisco and Kansas City.
Moreover, if sterilization allows a community to drop
intakes significantly enough so that local demand for animals can no longer be met, the community can begin importing animals from high - kill
rate jurisdictions, saving those lives, too, as some
shelters in No Kill communities are currently doing.
When she left to run the Pima County
shelter in Tucson, Austin had a live release
rate of 99 % for dogs and 96 % for cats, despite nearly 20,000
intakes a year.
Unlike puppies, which arrive
in shelters at a relatively constant
rate throughout the year, kitten
intake is clustered
in the late spring and summer months
in a phenomenon known as kitten season.
The results have been incredible, with a dramatic increase
in the L.A. Animal Services» save
rate and parallel reductions
in shelter intake and
shelter deaths.
In 2012, the first full year that DAS ran the
shelter, the live release
rate was 92 % with an
intake of 1121 animals.
Her work at NHS was the first example I'm aware of where marketing was successfully applied
in a high -
intake community to raise
shelter adoption
rates to a level where the
shelter literally ran out of animals, even after pulling all the savable animals (including medical cases) from the local animal - control facility.
Hundreds of examples of spay / neuter efforts resulting
in dramatically lowered
shelter intake rates exist.
The
shelter reported a 99 % live release
rate in 2012, with an
intake of 472 cats and dogs.
In other words, shelters that are proactive, rather than passive, can help drive intakes and killing downward beyond a pet retention program in the shelter, working with rescue groups, adoption programs, and increasing reclaim rates (see also http://bit.ly/1050UPb
In other words,
shelters that are proactive, rather than passive, can help drive
intakes and killing downward beyond a pet retention program
in the shelter, working with rescue groups, adoption programs, and increasing reclaim rates (see also http://bit.ly/1050UPb
in the
shelter, working with rescue groups, adoption programs, and increasing reclaim
rates (see also http://bit.ly/1050UPb).
This study bears that out and shows that the
rate of
intake and killing is not just a function of what the public does or does not do, but is,
in large part, directly
in the control of
shelter managers and staff and what they do or don't do.
A targeted TNR program
in the zip code with the highest
intake rates in a Florida jurisdiction led to a 66 % decrease
in shelter cat impoundment over two years (compared to a 12 % decline
in the non-target zip codes).