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Why Austin?
Why was Austin chosen as an ASPCA® Mission: Orange™ partner city?
One of the largest cities in the southern United States, with 4.1 million residents, Austin, TX, has a rich history of working toward the goal of becoming a humane community. In 1997, the City of Austin and County Commissioners Court passed a resolution to end the killing of adoptable animals at Town Lake Animal Center. Now, as a selected community in the ASPCA Mission: Orange campaign, Austin hopes to realize that dream.
What Austin animal welfare agencies are participating?
Austin’s lead community and animal welfare agencies for this campaign are:
- Town Lake Animal Center, the city-funded shelter
- Austin Humane Society, a non-profit, no-kill shelter
- Animal Trustees of Austin, a stationary spay/neuter and wellness services clinic
- emanciPET, a mobile and stationary spay/neuter clinic
How many homeless animals do these agencies handle annually?
- Currently, Town Lake Animal Center and the Austin Humane Society take in a combined total of more than 22,000 animals annually.
- Since its inception in 1997, Animal Trustees of Austin has performed more than 78,000 spay/neuter surgeries and provided wellness care for 105,028 animals, dental care for 1,452 animals, heartworm treatment for 1,452 animals and special surgeries for 1,840 animals.
- EmanciPET provides 8,500 low-cost and free spay/neuter surgeries each year.
What are the results so far?
With implementation of an aggressive Trap-Neuter-Return program providing over 6,500 free spay/neuter surgeries, a community foster care program and focus on cat adoptions and other programs, we have seen amazing results:
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|
2007 |
2008 |
Change |
% Change |
|
Live Release Rate |
46.9% |
58.4% |
11.5% |
25% |
|
# Live Release Animals |
12,033 |
13,071 |
1,038 |
9% |
|
Total Intake |
25,641 |
22,366 |
-3,275 |
-13% |
|
Euthanasia |
13,292 |
8,873 |
-4,419 |
-33% |
|
Euthanasia Rate (% of Intake) |
52% |
40% |
-12% |
-23% |
|
Total Adoption |
6,816 |
7,421 |
605 |
9% |
|
Adoption Rate (% of Intake) |
25% |
32% |
7% |
28% |
|
RTO Rate (% of Intake) |
13% |
14% |
1% |
8% |
|
Targeted S/N |
23,863 |
25,328 |
1,465 |
6% |
Community LRR by Quarter in 2008: Q1 = 60.7%, Q2 = 47.4%, Q3 = 59.2%, Q4 = 69.9%
How is the ASPCA contributing financially to Austin?
The ASPCA invests up to $200,000 in each of the selected communities, including Austin, in addition to consultation and training to establish sustainability of the programs implemented and future success of each partner agency. The funds assist these communities in making significant inroads toward becoming humane communities and maintaining that status.
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