According to the Best Friends Animal Association’s annual data report, 55% of state shelters are now no culling.
Best Friends Animal Societya leading animal welfare organization working to end cat and dog culling in shelters by 2025, recently released its report. annual data report It provides the most accurate and comprehensive national and state overview of the number of dogs and cats entering and exiting shelters in any given year. Unlike most areas of Arizona, animal intake has decreased while the number of pets killed unnecessarily in shelters has increased.
| State of Arizona Animal Shelter | 2022 | 2021 |
| Intake (cats and dogs) | 106,611 | 108,659 |
| It has been saved | 91,531 | 95,197 |
| killed | 6,441 | 4,569 |
| Discount rate* | 86% | 88% |
| No-Kill Shelter (%) | 55% | 52% |
Arizona experienced both ups and downs throughout 2022. Arizona added three new no-kill shelters to her: the Sierra Vista Animal Conservation Service, the Santa Cruz Humane Society, and the Hermitage No-Kill Cat Rescue.
The Arizona Humane Society (AHS) remains the shelter with the largest life-saving disparity. With a 74% survival rate and a difference of 2,836 animals, AHS accounts for 40% of all deaths in the state. Yuma’s Humane Society ranks second with a conservation rate of 79.8% and an animal gap of 701 animals. Gap refers to the number of animals that need to be saved to achieve zero culling.
Specific highlights throughout 2022 include the Southern Arizona Humane Society (HSSA) through the Prince and Pause Shelter Joint Program to the Douglas City Animal Shelter, Santa Cruz County Animal Control, Benson Animal Shelter, and Wilcox. It includes how you directed an animal shelter. The Shelter Partnership Program matches shelters that are leaders in animal welfare with shelters that are working to save more animals. The goal of the partnership is to achieve savings as close as possible to 90%. With nearly $200,000 in grant support, these shelters have been able to make great strides in saving the lives of pets.
Some of the most positive effects of subsidies have been to vaccinate pets at adoption, to move more animals through adoption and transfer to other shelters and shelters, as well as standard This includes the introduction of proper cleaning procedures. Through this grant, which provides both Wilcox and Benson with alternative cat housing away from the general dog population, both Wilcox and Benson were provided with insulated and air-conditioned kennels, so the housing was also Improved.
HSSA has also assisted each shelter to create change at a higher level. This includes providing feedback on discussions about new shelters in Santa Cruz County and helping increase opportunities for volunteer programs in Douglas. Their guidance provided them with much-needed support in resourced shelters and brought a sense of cooperation to the larger community.
The Pinal County Animal Control Department has been successful in increasing the number of rescued animals to an astounding rate. Dog rescue rates increased from 90% to 93%, despite the challenges posed by longer dog stays. By prioritizing compassion, care and innovative adoption strategies, they continue to find loving homes for their growing number of animals.
Two of the state’s largest agencies, the Pima Animal Conservation Center in Tuscon and the Maricopa County Animal Control Center in Phoenix, continued their life-saving efforts and maintained their no-kill status. These institutions should be commended for their transparent community engagement and communication efforts.
Multiple agencies, including the Phoenix Animal Conservation Coalition (PACC911), continued to work together to save more lives. PACC911 unites over 100 animal welfare organizations throughout Arizona, primarily in Maricopa County. Their goal is to foster cooperation between these organizations and harness joint efforts for animal improvement. PACC911 does this by providing several key resources, including large outdoor adoption events, ongoing fundraising, educational outreach programs, and medical fund support. These resources ease the arduous task of rescuing animals and allow these organizations to focus on their primary purpose: rescuing pets in distress and finding new owners.
“Arizona has made a lot of progress, but it still has a long way to go to reach zero culling in the state by 2025,” said Executive Director, Salt Lake City and Mountain West, Utah. Michelle Dosson said. Regional, Best Friends Animal Society. “We believe that by working with local shelters and rescue organizations, government officials and communities, and implementing more programs like the ones described above, Arizona will continue to make great strides in saving the lives of pets. ”
Arizona mirrored what the data showed nationally, with the number of dogs and cats killed in US shelters retreating, rising from 355,000 to about 378,000. This was mainly due to an increase in the number of adoptions in shelters and a decrease in the number of adoptions. More lives through no-cull and no-cull shelters, partnerships between shelters and rescue groups, Best Friends staff, cat and large dog focused initiatives, and advocacy. Targeted programs proven to help with the problem can help. problem.
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About the data
Over the past seven years, Best Friends has spearheaded a uniquely large-scale data collection process that includes coordinated assistance to all shelters in the United States followed by additional research, data analysis and technology development. I stood in This dataset is the most comprehensive set of protected animals in the United States, based on data collected directly from shelters, state and local federations, government websites, and FOIA requests. From this, 95% of animal intake in US shelters is known, 5% of which is estimated. Best Friends has the most recent annual data available for 85% of shelters nationwide.
*A 90 percent protection rate is the nationally accepted standard for what is considered “no culling” and approximately 10 percent of pets entering shelters warrant humane euthanasia rather than killing them for lack of space. Considering that you have a medical or behavioral condition that makes
About Best Friends Animal Association
Best Friends Animal Society is a leading animal welfare organization working to end dog and cat culling in American shelters by 2025. Founded in 1984, Best Friends has pioneered the no-kill movement and helped reduce the number of animals killed in America. An estimated 17 million to about 378,000 evacuees annually. Best Friends operates life-saving programs across the country, as well as the largest animal-free sanctuary in the country. Best Friends works with her network of more than 4,200 animal welfare and shelter partners, community members nationwide to Save ThemAll®. For more information, please visit: bestfriends.org.
