1 NICK CULLEN INTERIM DIRECTOR 3951 Fruitvale Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93308 (661) 868-7100 February 5, 2015 ANIMAL SERVICES MONTHLY REPORT FOR JANUARY 2015 Program Highlights Volunteers donated approximately 1294.25 hours in January in the areas of animal care (including puppies, cats, general kennels and horses), administration needs, grooming, cleaning, photography, dishes and linens, and several special events. There were 83 active volunteers in January. Of the 1294.25 original hours, 920.75 hours were completed by regular KCAS volunteers, 30 hours were completed by one-day volunteers, 12 hours were completed by employment preparation volunteers, 37.50 hours were completed by regional occupational center volunteers (ROC students from the Kern High School District), and 294 hours were completed by work release volunteers. Total volunteer time equates to 8.1 staff members and the value given back to KCAS by current and new volunteers in all areas is $32,032.69. January was a busy month once again for media contact, inquiries and interviews for the Department. The Marketing & Promotions Associate responded to 26 media inquiries and requests providing information to the media on various topics such as field services including wildlife calls; Your Pet Needs an Extra Set of Paws adoption promotion; a live remote with KBAK29 on monthly and weekly vaccination clinics, showcasing adoptable pets and a football adoption promotion; vaccination clinics; spay/neuter resources, senior pets in shelters, and a feature story on the behind-the-scenes look at the compassionate and caring animal care worker staff at the Department. Of those 26 contacts, 13 resulted in interviews or postings for newspaper, television and radio media outlets via video, newsprint on the news agency websites and papers and, on Facebook pages. The Department hosted its 2 nd Annual Your Team Needs an Extra Set of Paws adoption promotion, in January. The week-long Super Bowl themed adoption event ended with 56 animals finding new forever homes. All dog adoption fees were reduced to just $20 for dogs and $10 for cats. The Department plans to continue this unique promotion next year. The Rescue Team made one trip to Mt. Shasta and two trips to San Francisco during the month of January, resulting in 114 animals finding new forever homes. In addition to the three transports to Northern California, rescue partners saved a grand total of 254 animals in January. Our Foster Program continues to grow and save more lives. 15 new animals entered the foster care program during the month of January. Starting July 1, 2013, the Department implemented its first ever Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program for feral and free-roaming cats, joining thousands of other agencies across the country embracing TNR as the humane method to control the feral and freeroaming cat populations. The program has been extremely successful with 140 cats being spayed or neutered and returned to the areas where they were trapped in January. The total number of cats that have been altered since the beginning of the program is 2692.
KCAS hosted a successful, low-cost vaccination, licensing and microchip clinic in Bakersfield (North Beardsley Park). 92 licenses, 96 Rabies vaccinations, 77 DHPP vaccinations, 9 FVRCP vaccinations, and 67 free microchips were implanted during this vaccination clinic. The Department s new Wednesday evening vaccination, licensing and microchipping clinics at the new Fruitvale Shelter location in Bakersfield continued in January with 161 DHPP vaccinations, 16 FVRCP vaccinations, 140 Rabies vaccinations, 124 licenses and 100 microchips issued during the four Wednesday evening clinics. The Department plans to continue to offer the Wednesday evening clinics on an on-going basis to assist pet owners in keeping their pets healthy and happy. In January, the Department partnered with 4 th District Supervisor David Couch and Paramount Farms to provide spay/neuter surgeries to residents in the Lost Hills area. 28 animals were spayed or neutered during this event. Special thanks to Dr. Willis and his mobile veterinary team from San Joaquin Veterinary Hospital for performing the surgeries. The Department will continue partnering with additional agencies and the Board of Supervisor members to bring spay/neuter services to as many unincorporated residents as possible. KCAS hosted two Sunday adoption events at the PetSmart store, located on Oswell Street in Bakersfield, in January. Staff showcased a number of adoptable dogs during the events and were successfully able to adopt out a total of 6 dogs. We continue to provide free microchips for all pet owners both onsite at all three shelters and at our low-cost clinic locations. We have implanted a total of 7,984 microchips for Kern County residents since the program began on October 23, 2012. The Department s medical team was extremely busy this month performing 70 spays and 60 neuters on site for a total of 130 surgeries performed. 2
3 Key Statistics INTAKES JANUARY 2014 & 2015 ALL JURISDICTIONS (All unincorporated areas of Kern County, City of Bakersfield* & City of Arvin) INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RETURN QUARANTINE SEIZURE STRAY OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE JANUARY 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* CAT 1 1 0 0 2 2 247 247 15 15 265 265 DOG 16 16 1 1 39 39 730 730 163 163 949 949 OTHER** 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 4 4 8 8 INTAKE 17 17 1 1 42 42 980 980 182 182 1222 1222 INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RETURN QUARANTINE SEIZURE STRAY OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE JANUARY 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* CAT 4 4 0 0 4 4 292 292 104 104 404 404 DOG 13 13 4 4 44 44 719 719 94 94 874 874 OTHER** 0 0 0 0 3 3 32 32 0 0 35 35 INTAKE 17 17 4 4 51 51 1043 1043 198 198 1313 1313 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RETURN QUARANTINE SEIZURE STRAY OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE JANUARY 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* CAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 4 DOG 4 4 0 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 16 16 OTHER** 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 INTAKE 4 4 0 0 0 0 17 17 0 0 21 21 INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RETURN QUARANTINE SEIZURE STRAY OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE JANUARY 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* CAT 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 DOG 7 7 0 0 1 1 9 9 2 2 19 19 OTHER** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 INTAKE 7 7 0 0 1 1 10 10 3 3 21 21
4 COUNTY (All unincorporated areas of Kern County & City of Arvin) INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RETURN QUARANTINE SEIZURE STRAY OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE JANUARY 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* CAT 1 1 0 0 2 2 243 243 15 15 261 261 DOG 12 12 1 1 39 39 718 718 163 163 933 933 OTHER** 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 4 7 7 INTAKE 13 13 1 1 42 42 963 963 182 182 1201 1201 INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RETURN QUARANTINE SEIZURE STRAY OWNER SURRENDER INTAKE JANUARY 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* CAT 4 4 0 0 4 4 291 291 103 103 402 402 DOG 6 6 4 4 43 43 710 710 92 92 855 855 OTHER** 0 0 0 0 3 3 32 32 0 0 35 35 INTAKE 10 10 4 4 50 50 1033 1033 195 195 1292 1292 INTAKES BY JURISDICTION Arvin City 56 4% Bakersfield City 21 2% County 1236 94% Total 1313 100%
5 S JANUARY 2014 & 2015 ALL JURISDICTIONS (All unincorporated areas of Kern County, City of Bakersfield* & City of Arvin) INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC* JANUARY 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* CAT 60 60 30 30 1 1 57 57 0 0 88 88 25 25 261 261 DOG 217 217 238 238 58 58 349 349 2 2 0 0 49 49 913 913 OTHER* 4 4 3 3 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 15 281 281 271 271 60 60 412 412 2 2 88 88 75 75 1189 1189 INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC* JANUARY 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* CAT 74 74 37 37 2 2 116 116 0 0 140 140 33 33 402 402 DOG 205 205 215 215 62 62 332 332 1 1 0 0 55 55 870 870 OTHER* 10 10 2 2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 16 16 36 36 289 289 254 254 64 64 456 456 1 1 140 140 104 104 1308 1308 ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC. 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 24% 22% 23% 19% 5% 5% 35% 35% 0% 0% 7% 11% 6% 8% MISC* = died, disposal, escaped, missing, unknown, theft YTD* = calendar year OTHER* = mammal, bird, reptile, livestock, fish, rodent
6 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC* JANUARY 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* CAT 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 DOG 5 5 4 4 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 19 19 OTHER* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 4 4 1 1 7 7 0 0 2 2 2 2 23 23 INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC* JANUARY 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* CAT 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 DOG 6 6 11 11 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 OTHER* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 11 11 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 24 ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC. 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 30% 33% 17% 46% 5% 8% 30% 13% 0% 0% 9% 0% 9% 0% MISC* = died, disposal, escaped, missing, unknown, theft YTD* = calendar year OTHER* = mammal, bird, reptile, livestock, fish, rodent
7 COUNTY (All unincorporated areas of Kern County & City of Arvin) INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC* JANUARY 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* 2014 YTD* CAT 58 58 30 30 1 1 57 57 0 0 86 86 25 25 257 257 DOG 212 212 234 234 57 57 342 342 2 2 0 0 47 47 894 894 OTHER* 4 4 3 3 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 15 15 274 274 267 267 59 59 405 405 2 2 86 86 73 73 1166 1166 INTAKE TYPE ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC* JANUARY 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* 2015 YTD* CAT 72 72 37 37 2 2 116 116 0 0 140 140 33 33 400 400 DOG 199 199 204 204 60 60 329 329 1 1 0 0 55 55 848 848 OTHER* 10 10 2 2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 16 16 36 36 281 281 243 243 62 62 453 453 1 1 140 140 104 104 1284 1284 ADOPTION RESCUE RTO EUTHANIZED TRANSFER TNR MISC. 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 2014 2015 24% 22% 23% 19% 5% 5% 35% 35% 0% 0% 7% 11% 6% 8% MISC* = died, disposal, escaped, missing, unknown, theft YTD* = calendar year OTHER* = mammal, bird, reptile, livestock, fish, rodent
8 EUTHANASIA TYPES ALL JURISDICTIONS - All unincorporated areas of Kern County, City of Bakersfield & City of Arvin EUTHANASIA TYPE JANUARY 2015 HUMANE/NOT ADOPTABLE 176 (39%) TEMPERAMENT (Behavior History, Fail SAFER, Feral) MEDICAL ISSUES (Injury, Irremediably Suffering in Field, Medical Advice, Symptom URI, Exposed to URI, URI, Exposed to Distemper, Exposed to Parvo, Parvo, Possible Distemper) TOO YOUNG TO SURVIVE ON OWN (Nursing without a mother) TYPE 139 (30%) 113 (25%) 28 (6%) 456 2015 Medical Evaluations Classification Month MTA* KWT** ACO/KC Emergency-Injury Off Truck ACO ARVIN ACW ACO/KC Non-Emergency Evaluation (Vet Exam) ACO ARVI N ACW Recheck Pre- Sx Post- Op Spay Neuter Jan 8 30 1 0 10 24 2 338 143 376 119 70 60 35 1216 Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Minor Sx Total 8 30 1 0 10 24 2 338 143 376 119 70 60 35 1216 *Move to Adoption (MTA) Exams Include: 1. Physical Screening Exam ACO/ARV Animal Control Officer City of Arvin 2. Prophylactic deworming for roundworms ACW Animal Care Worker - Shelter 3. Flea/tick spray "Frontline" applied (non-pesticide) MTA * Medical Team Assessment 4. I.D. of congenital abnormalities, age, previous spay or neuter, etc. KWT** Kennel Walk Through
9 30.00 12.00 37.5 Volunteer Hours for January 2015 KCAS Volunteers 294.00 Work Release Volunteers Regional Occupational Center Students One Day Volunteers 920.75 Employment Preparation Volunteers
10 23.50 Type of Volunteer Work Performed January 2015 28.00 15.25 84.25 5.75 23.75 61.25 11.75 74.50 164.50 35.00 245.25 114.25 20.25 13.50 Puppies Cats Kennels Horses General Cleaning Dishes & Linen End of Day Shelter Vaccination Clinic Off-Site Events Photography Grooming Training Orientation Administration Socialization