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2005 & 2006 SPCA AND COMMUNITY-WIDE STATISTICS
 SPCA
Statistics 2005 & 2006
SPCA In-Depth Statistics 2006
CCA Statistics 2005 & 2006
CCA In-Depth Statistics 2006
What are the Asilomar
Accords?
In August 2004, a group of animal welfare industry leaders from across
the nation, including your SPCA's Executive Director Gary Tiscornia, met right here in Monterey County at the Asilomar Convention
Center in Pacific Grove. The purpose was to build bridges across
varying philosophies, developing relationships and creating goals
focused on significantly reducing the euthanasia of healthy and
treatable companion animals in the United States. The
Asilomar Accords were
born.
The Accords outline
principles that guide animal welfare organizations to work together to
save the lives of all healthy and treatable companion animals. The
document aims to cut through the rhetoric of "no kill" vs. "limited
admission" vs. "open admission" shelters and to dispel the murkiness of
what defines an adoptable animal.
The
animal sheltering world hasn't always been clear or consistent when it
comes to reporting results. Without the Asilomar Accords, definitions
and reporting methods varied from group to group, making understanding of
information difficult, if not impossible, across organizations.
By utilizing a standard
language for their statistics, shelters and their supporters are able to
easily and clearly track progress both at a specific shelter and across
shelters nationwide.
How Can I
Understand the Statistics?
Euthanasia statistics are represented in four categories: healthy,
treatable/rehabilitatable, treatable/manageable, and
unhealthy/untreatable. Definitions of these categories are available at
www.asilomaraccords.org/definitions.html.
These clear definitions allow our community to understand the euthanasia
statistics for their local animal welfare organizations without the
confusion of unclear or unethical reporting.
The Live Release Rate is
perhaps the most compelling of the statistics. The Live Release Rate
reveals the percentage of animals that leave the shelter alive
regardless of their health or behavior status. This measurement
eliminates any subjective definition of the word "adoptable". In 2006,
The SPCA's Live Release Rate for dogs and cats was 65%
(Dogs 79%, Cats 52%).
Across Monterey County, the Live Release rate was
59% (Dogs 80%, Cats 43%).
To put this in perspective,
the Live Release Rate for the Denver Dumb Friends League was 70% in
2005-2006. The Arizona Humane Society’s rate was 41%.
What is the Coalition of
Companion Animals?
The
Coalition for Companion Animals (CCA) is a group of Monterey County
nonprofit animal services professionals and governmental agencies
working together to end euthanasia of healthy dogs and cats as well as
those with treatable physical and/or behavioral conditions.
CCA reporting
agencies include Animal Friends Rescue Project, City of Carmel Animal
Control, City of Marina Animal Control, City of Monterey Animal Control,
City of Pacific Grove Animal Control, Monterey County Animal Services,
Salinas Animal Shelter and The SPCA for Monterey County. Other CCA
agencies working toward this goal include Animal Welfare Information and
Assistance and From the Heart Dog Training.
SPCA
Statistics 2005 & 2006
SPCA In-Depth Statistics 2006
CCA Statistics 2005 & 2006
CCA In-Depth Statistics 2006
The collection and
publication of this data is sponsored by
Maddie's Fund.
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