January 2025 Monthly Report

Learn about animal intakes, outcomes, return to owner rates, average length of stay, live-release rates, and other agency statistics for January 2025.

Summary

The January 2025 monthly report includes return to owner (RTO) rates for found animals, average length of stay (LOS), and 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 emergency custody by Animal Services officers, injured wildlife, or shelter offspring.

Intake Type	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Wildlife	Other	Total
Stray or at large	208	36	88	54	6	13	405
Owner Surrenders	47	5	13	1	0	0	66
All Other Intakes	14	1	11	9	3	1	39
Total Live Intake	269	42	112	64	9	14	510

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	179	78	531	78	187	895
Spay & Neuter Surgeries	46	45	62	5	10	168
Medications Administered	20	8	36	0	0	64
Tests & Diagnostics	7	2	2	1	0	12
Vaccinations	123	71	301	60	9	564
Other Vet Treatments	172	180	580	182	15	1,129
Total Services	547	384	1,512	326	221	2,832

Fostered Animals

The majority of animals in foster care were kittens, dogs, puppies, and cats. 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 90 foster volunteers for your lifesaving service.

Animal type	Entered care	Previously in care	Total in foster care	Returned from care
Cats	14	16	30	16
Kittens	22	26	48	25
Dogs	36	11	47	31
Puppies	32	11	43	21
Other	1	2	3	3
Total	105	66	171	96

Animal Outcomes

Length of Stay (LOS)	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Overall
Average Days	9	9	18	32	15

Return to Owner (RTO)*	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Other	Total
Stray (No ID)	31%	10%	10%	0%	0%	18%
Stray (With ID)	80%	40%	21%	75%	33%	58%
Average RTO Rate	48%	14%	15%	6%	8%	30%

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

Live Release Rate (Live Outcomes / Total Outcomes)*

Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Wildlife	Other	Domestic Total	Total
91.4%	100.0%	90.2%	95.3%	25.0%	95.7%	92.4%	91.3%

224 or 44.4% of animals were adopted.

130 or 25.7% 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.

105 or 20.8% of animals were transferred to another agency.

41 or 8.1% of animals were humanely euthanized, including cases of injured wildlife, injured or severely sick cats and kittens, and other domestic animals for medical reasons, 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. There is decreased intake volume for cats, and an increased percentage of medically-recommended euthanasia for adult cats due to these intake conditions.

2 cats or 0.4% of animals were returned to field. 2 cats and 1 kitten, or 0.6% of animals, died in care.

Outcome Type	Dog	Puppy	Cat	Kitten	Wildlife	Other	Total
Adopted	106	12	63	30	0	13	224
Reclaimed / returned to owner	107	5	14	3	0	1	130
Transferred to another agency	22	14	31	28	2	8	105
Euthanized	22	0	10	2	6	1	41
Return to field	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Unassisted death	0	0	2	1	0	0	3
Other outcomes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	257	31	122	64	8	23	505

Transfers

MCAS transferred 105 or 20.8% of shelter animals to other shelters and rescues. Thank you to our community partners for your lifesaving work.

Oregon Humane Society
Cat Adoption Team
Lavender Haven Sanctuary And Rescue
Stumptown Strays
Theresa's Country Feed and Pet Supply
NW Animal Companions
Hiss & Hers Herp Hobbies
Furfriends Animal Rescue, Inc
Bird Alliance Of Oregon
Animal Aid, Inc
Silver Linings Rescue Ranch Dog Rescue
Pacific Pug Rescue
The Joys of Living Assistance Dogs
I Pawed It Forward
Furry Friends Rescue
Family Dogs New Life Shelter

Volunteers

Volunteers support the pets of our community in many different ways. A network of foster volunteers provides vital support to kittens, puppies, and other at-risk shelter animals. Volunteers walk and socialize dogs throughout the day, and support adoption meet & greets. They socialize cats and small animals. They help clean and add material enrichment to enclosures. They support the constant demand for clean laundry and dishes. They support office staff and special events, and so much more.

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

Volunteer Roles	Volunteers	FTE**	Hours
Cats	8	0.51	89
Cleaning	34	1.38	240
Dogs	45	2.91	504
Events	0	0.00	0
Foster Animals	90	23.49	4,072
Info Desk	12	0.91	158
Transport	5	0.08	13
Other (Office, surgery, reserve officer, etc.)	20	0.85	158
Total*	187	30.20	5,233

*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	236,971
Lost & Found Pets	62,089
Home Page Visits	30,254
Licensing Resources	23,682
News & Updates	11,393
Low-Cost Services	6,949
Kitten Resources	138
Field Services	3,595
Volunteering	2,281
Other Pages	43,957
Total	421,309

Field Services

Field Services officers responded to many 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
Welfare Check	111	19%
Loose Animal- Injured / Aggressive / In Danger	56	10%
Bite Investigation - Dog	54	9%
Emergency Custody	52	9%
Dead	47	8%
Loose Aggressive Follow-Up	45	8%
Confined Animal- Not Urgent	37	6%
Loose Animal- Nuisance	32	5%
Transport To/from Shelter/vet	29	5%
Possibly Abandoned	24	4%
Wildlife	22	4%
Other	80	14%
Total	589	100%

Pet Licensing

MCAS issued 3,224 total new or renewed licenses.

Type	Cats	Dogs	Total
Licenses Issued	1,106	2,118	3,224