Table 5.
Common shelter metrics before and after implementation of each 3-year CCP (absolute numbers and percentages by category).
| Shelter metrics | CCP location | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albuquerque | San Antonio | Baltimore | Philadelphia | Tucson | Columbus | |||||||
| Before | After (% change) | Before | After (% change) | Before | After (% change) | Before | After (% change) | Before | After (% change) | Before | After (% change) | |
| Feline intake | 9,776 | 6,102 (−38) | 6,661 | 6,581 (−1) | 6,977 | 5,999 (−14) | 19,017 | 12,791 (−33) | 7,635 | 5,266 (−31) | 3,329 | 1,842 (−45) |
| Per 1,000 residents | 15 | 9 (−40) | 4 | 4 (0) | 11 | 10 (−9) | 12 | 8 (−33) | 8 | 5 (−38) | 16 | 9 (−44) |
| Kittens*† | 4,441 | 2,468 (−44) | 3,810 | 4,283 (12) | 2,978 | 1,823 (−39) | 8,868 | 5,313 (−40) | 5,072 | 2,903 (−43) | 1,487 | 1,104 (−26) |
| ≤ 2 mos. of age† | 2,803 | 1,672 – (40) | 2,706 | 4,241 (57) | – | – | 5,729 | 3,347 (−42) | 4,479 | 2,143 (−52) | – | – |
| Feline euthanasia | 3,023 | 480 (−84) | 4,167 | 763 (−82) | 2,140 | 869 (−59) | 6,055 | 1,971 (−67) | 2,980 | 269 (−91) | 1,493 | 221 (−85) |
| Per 1,000 residents | 5 | 1 (−80) | 2 | 0.4 (−80) | 3 | 1 (−67) | 4 | 1 (−75) | 3 | 0.3 (−90) | 7 | 1 (−86) |
| Kittens*† | 1,462 | 149 (−90) | 2,489 | 340 (−86) | 568 | 204 (−64) | 2,372 | 493 (−79) | 2,424 | 119 (−95) | 669 | 84 (−87) |
| ≤ 2 mos. of age† | – | – | 1,875 | 276 (−85) | – | – | 1,965 | 360 (−82) | 2,327 | 113 (−95) | – | – |
| Euthanasia rate (%) | 31 | 8 (−74) | 63 | 12 (−81) | 32 | 15 (−53) | 32 | 15 (−53) | 39 | 5 (−87) | 45 | 12 (−73) |
| Kittens*† (%) | 33 | 6 (−82) | 65 | 8 (−88) | 19 | 11 (−42) | 27 | 9 (−67) | 48 | 4 (−92) | 45 | 8 (−82) |
| Live release rate (%) | 61 | 90 (48) | 31 | 83 (168) | 63 | 79 (25) | 63 | 74 (17) | 51 | 83 (63) | 54 | 85 (57) |
| Adoptions | 4,264 | 3,333 (−22) | 893 | 1,947 (118) | 3,228 | 2,648 (−18) | 4,853 | 4,911 (1) | 3,375 | 3,682 (9) | 380 | 68 (−82) |
| RTO | 297 | 277 (−7) | 69 | 139 (101) | 54 | 84 (56) | 150 | 228 (52) | 140 | 111 (−21) | 43 | 45 (5) |
| DOA cats | 2,220 | 1,689 (−24) | 8,002 | 10,299 (29) | 4,215‡ | 3,336‡ (−21) | 712§ | 328§ (−54) | 575 | 495 (−14) | N/A | N/A – |
*
Kitten definitions varied by shelter: Albuquerque ≤ 5 mos.
Baltimore ≤ 4 mos.; San Antonio, Philadelphia, Tucson, Columbus ≤ 6 mos.
†
All kittens in Albuquerque, regardless of age, tracked by calendar year (year-end 2011 to year-end 2015), rather than program year.
‡
Cat and dog data combined (no further breakdown available).
§
Only DOA cats brought to the shelter by the public are included; data for those picked up by municipality were unavailable.