Wake County

Animal Care, Control

and Adoption June 2011 Monthly Report

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Definitions

Intake: Animals admitted to the Animal Center. These include animals surrendered by

the general public, picked up by Animal Control and animals born at the Center.

Adoption: Includes animals adopted to new homes and transferred to qualifying rescue

groups.

Reclaim: Animals reclaimed by their owners after being found as strays or after

completing quarantine period.

Euthanasia: Animals humanely euthanized at the Center. This includes animals that

reside at the Animal Center and animals surrendered by their owner for euthanasia for

medical or behavioral reasons.

Rabies: Positive confirmed laboratory cases

n=2 in the month of June 2011; year to date cases=10.

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Animal Center Statistical Summary

Ebb and Flow of animal intake: As depicted above, animal intake increases significantly

in the warm months and drops in the cold months. This is typically associated with an

increase in puppy and kitten litters in warm months. Adoptions do not normally

increase to match the increase in intake so euthanasia rates can increase with intake.

Animal Center Intake monthly comparison

n=1,807; Intake is 33% higher than June 2010. June 2011 represents the largest number

of intake animals received in a single month.

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Adoption/Transfer Monthly Comparison

n=609; data represents a combination of typical adoptions to new families and transfers

to partner rescue groups; 65.9% increase in adoptions over June last year.

Euthanasia monthly comparison

n=1,104; the euthanasia numbers are 38% higher than this month last year.

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Volunteer hours by FTE

n=7.26 FTEs; Volunteers logged enough hours this month to equal 7.26 extra full time

employees. This includes dog walking, socialization, off-site events and work promoting

animals in the community, just to name a few.

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Wake County Animal Center Statistical Report

Date Range: July 1 - June 30

Date Prepared: 7/1/2011

YTD FY09 Percent

YTD FY10 Percent

YTD FY11 Percent MTD Percent

Intake Dog 5323 5418 7679 650

Intake Cat 5474 6174 7766 1013

Intake Other 407 308 717 144

Intake Total 11204

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1807 Adoption Dog 1924 36% 2004 37% 2942 38.31% 232 35.69%

Adoption Cat 690 13% 896 15% 1612 20.76% 217 21.42%

Adoption Other 72 18% 126 41% 137 19.11% 12 8.33% Adoption Total 2686 24% 3026 25% 4691 29.02% 461 25.51%

Transfer Dog 529 10% 702 13% 985 12.83% 68 10.46%

Transfer Cat 175 3% 254 4% 682 8.78% 54 5.33%

Transfer Other 151 37% 47 15% 145 20.22% 26 18.06%

Transfer Total 855 8% 1003 8% 1812 11.21% 148 8.19%

Reclaim Dog 673 13% 649 12% 1271 16.55% 94 14.46%

Reclaim Cat 85 2% 88 1% 156 2.01% 6 0.59%

Reclaim Other 12 3% 7 2% 16 2.23% 0 0.00%

Reclaim Total 770 7% 744 6% 1443 8.93% 100 5.53%

Euth Dog 2020 38% 1830 34% 2147 27.96% 245 37.69%

Euth Cat 4382 80% 4733 77% 4830 62.19% 768 75.81%

Euth Other 144 35% 77 25% 322 44.91% 91 63.19%

Euth Total 6546 58% 6640 56% 7299 45.16% 1104 61.10%

Total # Percentage

Change in intake from FY10 to FY11 4262 36%

Change in adoptions from FY10 to FY11 1665 55%

Change in transfers from FY10 to FY11 809 81%

Change in euthanasia from FY10 to FY11 659 10%

Change in total cat live releases 1212 98%

Change in cat live release percentage 11%

Change in total dog live releases 1843 55%

Change in dog live release percentage 6%

NOTE: A decrease in total numbers or percentage will show a (-) symbol and be in red.

Increases will be in blue and will not show a (+) symbol. NOTE: The first three

columns show three different fiscal years, using the date range indicated on the top

left corner of the report. Each month, we will compare the same date range across

the current and past two fiscal years for equal comparison.

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Animal Control Field Data

n=836; Wake County Animal Control responded to 836 requests for service in June

2011. Complaints for stray or loose animals continues to contribute to about half of all

calls.

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RUNNING LOOSE ANIMAL

FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION

AGGRESSIVE ANIMAL

CRUELTY COMPLAINT

ANIMAL BITE

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PUBLIC NUISANCE

TURNOVER ANIMAL

ACW VISCIOUS WILDLIFE

ACWCA CONTACT WITH ANI

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During the month of June, one hundred eighteen (118) animals were placed into foster

care.

Year over year comparison: Foster Placement

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During the month of June, one hundred forty-eight (148) animals were placed into the

care of partnering rescue groups and adoption centers.

Year over year comparison: Rescue Placement

n=148; Rescue placement is 169% higher than this month last year.

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Distribution of Rescue Placement

N=148; WCAC transferred 61 canines and felines to the SPCA of Wake County in the

month of June.

Top Canine and Feline Transfers

June 2011 Canine

SPCA of Wake County 18

All Breed Animal Rescue of the Carolinas 6

Sound Pet Animal Rescue and Referral 4

Faulkner Animal Rescue and Recovery 13

Hav-A-Hart Pet Rescue 3

Saving Grace Animals for Adoption 8

Paw Prints Animal Rescue 2

June 2011 Feline

SPCA of Wake County 43

Hav-A-Hart Pet Rescue 1

Paw Prints Animal Rescue 3

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June 2011 Rescue Transfers

SPCA

All Other Rescue Partners