January 2024 Monthly Report

Learn about animal intakes, outcomes, return to owner rates, average length of stay, live-release rates, and other agency statistics for January 2024.

Summary

The January 2024 monthly report includes return to owner (RTO) rates for found animals, average length of stay (LOS), in addition to live-release-rates. These are key industry measures for the effectiveness of shelter operations to reunite or find placements for animals. There are also numbers of volunteers in each role, in addition to contributed hours.

Animal Intake

MCAS accepted stray dogs, sick, injured or at-risk adult cats and kittens from the public. Officers also picked up stray or lost animals. Owner-surrendered animals were accepted on a case by case basis, depending on urgent circumstances; adoption returns are also included in the total. Other intakes represent animals placed into protective custody by Animal Services officers, injured wildlife, or other Field-Services circumstances.

Intake Type	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Wildlife	Other	Total
Stray or at large	168	33	79	27	3	26	336
Owner Surrenders	47	4	10	0	0	14	75
All Other Intakes	9	0	13	4	2	0	28
Total Live Intake	224	37	102	31	5	40	439

Veterinary Care Provided

Animal Health and Animal Care staff provided a wide range of veterinary services to animals in care.

To keep animals healthy, Animal Health staff administered vaccinations, including rabies, DA2PP and Bordetella for dogs and puppies, and FVRCP for cats and kittens.

They provided health exams and consultations, including routine exams, wound checks, pre-surgery checkups, behavior assessments, and reviewing test results or diagnoses with foster volunteers. Due to veterinary staff availability, spay and neuter surgeries for shelter animals were limited, and many adopters were issued vouchers to complete surgeries and rabies vaccination at contracted veterinary clinics, including Oregon Humane Society.

Veterinary Service	Cats	Kittens	Dogs	Puppies	Other	Total
Health Exams & Consults	225	108	428	67	81	909
Spay & Neuter Surgeries	12	24	14	5	14	69
Medications Administered	26	12	17	22	1	78
Tests & Diagnostics	8	2	0	1	0	11
Vaccinations	118	82	228	48	32	508
Other Vet Treatments	119	172	475	166	24	956
Total Services	508	400	1,162	309	152	2,531

Fostered Animals

The majority of animals in foster care were kittens, cats, dogs, and puppies. Many animals entered and left foster care over the course of the month, so the total number represents the cumulative total, and not the maximum number of animals in care at one time. Thank you to 56 foster volunteers for your lifesaving service.

Animal type	Entered care	Previously in care	Total in foster care	Returned from care
Cats	11	36	47	14
Kittens	19	35	54	35
Dogs	24	9	33	18
Puppies	21	5	26	19
Other	15	9	24	9
Total	90	94	184	95

Animal Outcomes

Length of Stay (LOS)	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Overall
Average Days	10	14	18	38	16

Return to Owner (RTO)*	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Other	Total
Stray (No ID)	36%	21%	12%	10%	10%	24%
Stray (With ID)	57%	11%	21%	0%	20%	39%
Average RTO Rate	43%	18%	14%	7%	23%	28%

*RTO is calculated only for reclaimed animals with a stray intake circumstance.

Live Release Rate (Live Outcomes / Total Outcomes)
Heading	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Wildlife	Other	Total
Live Release Rate	90.7%	97.2%	87.2%	97.9%	0.0%	87.8%	90.0%

186 or 42.5% of animals were adopted.

109 or 24.9% of animals were reclaimed by their owners. The majority of animals represented in these outcomes were dogs with a license and/or microchip for owner-contact.

96 or 21.9% of animals were transferred to another agency.

42 or 9.6% of animals were humanely euthanized, including cases of injured wildlife, injured or severely sick cats and kittens, and other domestic animals at the recommendation of a veterinarian, or for behavioral issues which would make an animal unsafe to place back into the community. Cat intake is officially limited to cases where the cat is sick or injured, or in immediate danger due to cruelty, neglect, and similar circumstances, and kittens over six weeks old. There is decreased intake volume for cats, and an increased percentage of veterinary-recommended euthanasia for adult cats due to these intake conditions.

3 cats, or 0.7% of animals were returned to field at the location where they were found. 2 animals or 0.5% of animals died in care, including 1 bird, and 1 rabbit.

Outcome Type	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Wildlife	Other	Total
Adopted	80	14	41	39	0	12	186
Reclaimed/returned to owner	82	6	16	2	0	3	109
Transferred to another agency	32	15	22	6	0	21	96
Euthanized	20	1	12	1	5	3	42
Return to field	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Unassisted death	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Other outcomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	214	36	94	48	5	41	438

Transfers

MCAS transferred 96 or 21.9% of shelter animals to other shelters and rescues. Thank you to our community partners for your lifesaving work.

Oregon Humane Society
Cat Adoption Team
Humane Society Of Southwest Washington
Stumptown Strays
Pets On Broadway
Harmony New Beginnings Animal Rescue
Jack Russell Rescue OWII
Family Dogs New Life Shelter
Theresa's Country Feed And Pet Supply
Rabbit Advocates
Hiss & Hers Herp Hobbies
Jade Rabbit Small Animal Rescue
Fur Love Haven
Animal Aid Inc
Rachel Watsky
Oregon Dog Rescue
Herding Dog Rescue Of Central Oregon
Furfriends Animal Rescue Inc
Bulldog Haven NW
Bull Terrier Rescue Inc

Volunteers

Thank you volunteers for your service to the pets and people of our community!

Volunteer Roles	Volunteers	FTE**	Hours
Cats	13	0.52	90
Cleaning	49	1.36	236
Dogs	24	1.80	312
Events	0	0.00	0
Foster Animals	56	16.53	2,865
Info Desk	6	0.43	75
Laundry	16	1.09	189
Transport	2	0.08	14
Other (Office, surgery, reserve officer, etc.)	60	2.25	405
Total*	192	24.15	4,186

*Unique volunteers - many volunteers serve in multiple roles.

**FTE is the estimated equivalent number of full-time employees.

Online Resources

Many services provided by MCAS are accessible online, at multcopets.org. Members of the public can search for adoptable or lost / found pets, license their pets, and learn about other resources and news. MCAS website pages are translated into four languages.

Page Categories	Page Views
Adoptable Pets	175,189
Lost & Found Pets	64,798
Home Page Visits	31,030
Licensing Resources	19,368
News & Updates	16,365
Low-Cost Services	5,657
Kitten Resources	200
Field Services	3,506
Volunteering	2,369
Other Pages	34,713
Total	353,195

Field Services

Field Services officers responded to 521 urgent needs of community members and their pets, investigated cases of potential cruelty or neglect, loose-aggressive animals, bites, and picked up stray, injured, abandoned, potentially dangerous, or deceased animals. Officers also responded to non-urgent calls such as barking dogs, animal trespass, and other community issues.

Dispatch Category	Count	Percentage
Deceased Animal Pickup	51	10%
Stray Animal	99	19%
Suspected Cruelty / Neglect	92	18%
Loose aggressive animal (Animals actively charging, attacking, or chasing people or animals)	63	12%
Bite Investigation	59	11%
Loose animal	36	7%
Injured Animal	16	3%
Abandoned Animal	6	1%
Animal Placed in Protective Custody	46	9%
Wildlife	16	3%
Other	37	7%
Total	521	100%