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HOSTED BY PEDIGREE FOUNDATION AND SHELTER ANIMALS COUNT

AND MODERATED BY KRISTEN HASSEN OF OUTCOMES FOR PETS

APRIL 19, 2024

Monthly Insights and �Solutions for Shelter Dogs

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April 19: Shelter Safety

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Agenda:

  • Welcome
  • The Field Services Database
  • The role of Capacity for Care
  • Local trends - what are you experiencing?
  • How to compare your data to the national dataset

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How did we get here?

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Shelter data history

Chameleon - 1985

Asilomar Accords - 2004

Petpoint - 2005

Shelter Buddy - 2002

Shelter Luv - 2012

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  1. Lack of standard definitions
  2. Variations in intake and outcome types
  3. Systems not built to account for foster placement or services like TNR or RTF
  4. Shelter software systems are not the same
  5. Staff turnover and short-staffing make data entry inconsistent
  6. How we count animals varies among organizations

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What makes animal shelter data so hard?

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Q1 2024

National Data Trends

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Jan-Mar 2024 (compared to Jan-Mar 2023)

  • Dog INTAKE is a bit lower than last year…

but still close to, 2019 intakes

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Jan-Mar 2024 (compared to Jan-Mar 2023)

  • Dog NON-LIVE OUTCOMES are higher

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Jan-Mar 2024 (compared to Jan-Mar 2023)

  • Dog TRANSFERS are lower

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Jan-Mar 2024 (compared to Jan-Mar 2023)

  • Dog RETURN-TO-OWNERS are lower

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Jan-Mar 2024 (compared to Jan-Mar 2023)

  • Dog ADOPTIONS are holding steady (as a % of intake)

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Jan-Mar 2024 (compared to Jan-Mar 2023)

  • Dog DAYS IN CARE are getting longer (PetPoint)

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2019-2024

Q1 OUTCOMES

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Dr. Julie Levy

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Dr. Emily Weiss