1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE PETER MARSHNOVEMBER 28, 2012.

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1 RECOMMENDATIONS TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES TASK FORCE PETER MARSHNOVEMBER 28, 2012

2 QUESTION PRESENTED: HOW CAN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES (HCAS) REDUCE SHELTER EUTHANASIAS USING PROGRAMS THAT ARE:  HUMANE  COST-EFFECTIVE AND  FOLLOW ESTABLISHED BEST PRACTICES?

3 CORRELATION BETWEEN INTAKES AND EUTHANASIAS =.98 INTAKES CONTINUE TO DRIVE EUTHANASIAS AT HCAS

4 THE VOLUME OF REDEEMED SNVP VOUCHERS CONTINUES TO BE STRONGLY RELATED TO HCAS INTAKES CORRELATION BETWEEN SNVP VOUCHERS REDEEMED AND HCAS INTAKES = -.95

5 RECOMMENDATION #1. INCREASE VOLUME OF SNVP USING ESTABLISHED BEST PRACTICES  INCREASE TIME TO REDEEM VOUCHERS FROM 30 DAYS TO 60 DAYS WITH NOTICE OF SHORTER PERIOD IF DESIGNATED FUNDS ARE NEARING DEPLETION AND AT END OF BUDGET CYCLE.  INCREASE REDEMPTION RATE BY REMINDING APPLICANTS OF APPOINTMENT DATES AND CONTACTING THOSE WHO DO NOT REDEEM VOUCHERS TO OFFER ASSISTANCE.  ENCOURAGE NON-PROFIT ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND ASSIST APPLICANTS WITH APPLICATION PROCESS.

6 RECOMMENDATION #2: REDUCE NUMBER OF STRAY CATS IMPOUNDED AT HCAS BY ADOPTING INDIVIDUALIZED ADMISSION PROCEDURES FOR STRAY AND FREE-ROAMING CATS  IN ’12, STRAY CATS MADE UP 47% OF TOTAL DOG AND CAT INTAKES AT HCAS.  MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE REDUCED INTAKES OF STRAY AND FREE- ROAMING CATS IN A HUMANE AND COST-EFFECTIVE WAY THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED SHELTER ADMISSION POLICIES.  FOR DETAILS, SEE PAGES OF REPLACING MYTH WITH MATH: USING EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS TO ERADICATE SHELTER OVERPOPULATION AVAILABLE AT AND CHAPTER 2 OF A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO SAVE HOMELESS ANIMALS: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STORY AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE WEBSITE AT AND YOUTUBE SOSVideoChannel1.

7 RECOMMENDATION # 3: REDUCE NUMBER OF CATS AND DOGS SURRENDERED TO HCAS BY ADOPTING INDIVIDUALIZED ADMISSION PROCEDURE AT HCAS FOR ANIMALS CITIZENS CONSIDER SURRENDERING  IN ’12, SURRENDERED CATS AND DOGS MADE UP 14% OF FELINE AND CANINE INTAKES AT HCAS.  MANY COMMUNITIES HAVE REDUCED SURRENDER INTAKE RATES IN A COST-EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE WAY THROUGH INDIVIDUALIZED SHELTER ADMISSION PROCEDURES FOR ANIMALS CITIZENS CONSIDER SURRENDERING AND SURRENDER PREVENTION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.  FOR DETAILS, SEE CHAPTER 8 OF GETTING TO ZERO: A ROADMAP TO ENDING ANIMAL SHELTER OVERPOPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHAPTER 2 OF A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO SAVE HOMELESS ANIMALS: THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STORY AVAILABLE ON THE YOUTUBE WEBSITE AT AND YOUTUBE SOSVideoChannel1.