Lucas County Dog Warden Progress Report Building Improvements - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Lucas County Dog Warden Progress Report

• Building Improvements – Front Office

• Staffing Improvements – Positions Added • Full-time Veterinary Technician • Full-time Behavior Technician • Animal Care Improvements – Cots for Canines project – Enrichment

• Community Outreach/Education – School Programs & Groups • Over 1800 children educated • Over 2600 children scheduled • Safety City – Free Regular Programs • Dogs & Storks • Dog Training 101 – BADRAP Visit

• Chameleon – Statistics – Pictures of adoptable and stray dogs online – Video screens in the lobby – Printed collars on dogs – Automation of many repeat tasks – Professional paperwork

• Field Services Improvements – Computers in vehicles – Targeted Enforcement – Law change – Nuisance/Dangerous/Vicious – New vans – Staff training – NACA, Bite Stick

• General Improvements – Fee increases – Options for redemptions to get rabies, spay/neuter, chip • Adoption Related Improvements – Rabies vaccine now included – Adoption Sponsorships

• Volunteer Program – 42 Active Volunteers – 674 Volunteer Hours Logged in 2011 – 905 Volunteer Hours Logged in 2012 – 447 Volunteer Hours Logged (through mid- April) 2013

• Transfer Partner Program – 36 Approved Transfer Partners – 136 Dogs transferred to Transfer Partners in 2012, up from 76 in 2011 – 534 Dogs transferred to TAHS in 2012

Adoption Events Two Mega Events in 2012 Fido & Feline Fiesta! May 4 th & 5 th Most successful in-house adoption ever – End of the year adoption extraveganza

Number of Adoptions 800 711 700 597 600 500 472 400 322 300 244 232 200 100 0 7 8 9 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2

Live Release Rate History 65.00% 61.29% 60.00% 55.00% 52.06% 51.76% 50.00% 45.00% 40.00% 38.60% 35.00% 30.00% 28.30% 27.60% 25.00% 20.00% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

• Pit Bull Changes – Significant law changes – 213 Pit Bull type dogs/puppies transferred in 2012, up from 199 in 2011 – 98 Pit Bull type dogs/puppies adopted directly from the LCDW in 2012 – Fix-A-Bull almost complete – less than 50 surgeries still available

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