What is an actual local statistic for animals being adopted vs being put down?

I'd love to know this as well, but I'm afraid for what the answer might be. So many college freshman get pets only to realize they're in over their heads weeks later, either because of time or money.

Statistics for Aggieland Humane Society can be found here - http://aggielandhumane.org/about-us/animal-statistics/.

Over half.

How did you come up with over half?

From a report printed on Aug 8th, 2013 according to the link above: "Annual Live Release Rate: 61.95%"

Unsure if Bryan Animal Center has their records public as well (have been unable to find them so far).

National Average every year, if I recall, hovers around the 65%-70% mark for euthanized animals.

You can file an open records request with the City of Bryan for their Statistics.

You may want to check and see how Aggieland's numbers are figured (there are many different variables) and also how they are verified as they are a non profit and not required to report these numbers.

My opinion is both shelters are doing better than a few years ago (when there was only one) but both have much room for improvement.

Thanks for the response. Reason I ask is because I know of two dogs in need of help. I am willing to cover vet cost but housing them would be difficult being that my two dogs are very territorial. Really would like a good solution to get them to a better place.

I'm basing that on the month of July, which says dogs and cats totalled 165, and goes on to say 90 were euthanized. If I can do the math, that's around 55%, but again, only for July.

Keep in mind when looking at the charts that AgHS does provide animal euthanasia services to the public, so those numbers are included as well. The best guide is the Annual Live Release Rate at the top which the July reports at 61.95%. It is a year to date total which doesn't include sick animals euthanized by owner request. The euthanisia rate is the remaining 38%. Month to month the rate will fluctuate with little consistency based on what is coming in to the shelter. The Live Release Rate for 2012 was 72.66%.

I volunteer at AgHS and think I have a solid handle on how it operates. The euthansia rates at both sheters are too high, because there are far too many unwanted animals in the community. I can tell you the reports from the link above are the numbers. This report is generated from the animal tracking program used by the shelter. Each animal in input individually when they arrive and is tracked through their release however it may be. The numbers are what they are, good or bad, for anyone to see.

Aggieland Humane Society no longer puts down any animals unless they are unadoptable or very sick. This has been the practice for over a year. Animals who have been there a long time are traded with other shelters or sent to foster groups, or breed specific groups from my experience. Pitt Bulls and Chows are are nolonger put down.There have been so many wonderful changes! A lot of this has to do with people having to sign up for owner surrender list and a conference to learn more about the animal. You can no longer drop of your owned animall without an appointment and after that will be put on the list and allowed once room is available. I am very proud of their efforts. Bryan Animal Center is not run the same was and shots, worming, heart worms tests are not the norm. Please adopt at Aggieland Humane Society where the health of the animal is put FIRST!

Please txaggie1976 you constantly put down the Bryan animal center - and you are so wrong about what you think you know- are you really about animal welfare in our community or do you have a different agenda?

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Please adopt at Aggieland Humane Society where the health of the animal is put FIRST!

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In your attempt to promote Aggieland Humane Society and degrade Bryan Animal Center all in one post, you have proven your motive to be completely contrary to your statement about the animal being put first.

Seriously.. it's not a competition. The goal is the same, find homes for pets in need. Not cool.

Pathetic.

WTF Aggie1976?

TXAggie1976, this is not the place to bring that sort of diatribe. The OP had a question about statistics for the shelter(s) and I provided a link to the stats for AHS and csnole provided information on how to get the stats from BAC. A couple of questions were raised about the numbers at AHS and someone explained how these are acquired. At that point, all the questions were answered and there was no bashing and no false information.

Are there too many animals put down in this county? Yes. Is there room for improvement at BOTH shelters? Yes. Coming on here and bashing one or the other shelter will not fix the problem, it will only alienate them and the public. As someone said, this is not a competition.

When we rescued Hodee from BAC, she received vaccinations, heartworm test, and a micro-chip. We also got a certificate for a free spay at our vet. The adoption fee was $10. Seems to me like BAC is trying!

So glad we have two shelters now instead of just one. Let's support them both.

Since your sending extras to other shelters to keep from euthanizing them are you ensuring that the receiving shelter does not euthanize. Seems kinda like passing the buck.

Transferring animals to breed rescue and other such organizations is common place in a shelter environment. Both BCS shelters do. There are many reasons to transfer - sometimes it is to eliminate overcrowding. Other times, the transfer partner can offer the best chance for adoption. AgHS does have an application and approval process before we work with such organziations. The applying organization's euthanasia policy is reviewed and vet and animal partner references checked.

Most transfer partners are limited or selective intake facilites, so they only take pets when they have space and only the animals they feel they can adopt out. When a transfer pet is delivered to a partner, they inspect the animal. They check overall health and make an assessment on behavior. If they don't feel the animal is adoptable in their program, the animal comes back to AgHS.

We can't guarantee a happy ending for each and every animal that is transferred, but we can't guarantee that locally either. This is the reality animal shelters and animal rescue groups deal with every day. With more resources, or less homeless pets, the outcome would be a more pleasing one.

Quite honestly, if more people would do even a tiny bit of research about the animal they want to own, the overpopulation problems at both shelters would go down considerably.

A pet should be a commitment for life. If you aren't prepared for a pet that might live 12-15 years or more, then don't get it. Also, don't get a puppy because it's "cute" at 6 weeks only to turn it over to the shelter when it grows into a year old 60lb adult.

Personally, it takes all the restraint I can muster when someone tells me that they "didn't expect" their lab mix to be so energetic, or they didn't know that if you don't give a border collie a job it will come up with one on its own, which could be stripping sheetrock off the walls.

And finally: get your pet into a training class. Not for the pet, but for YOU so you can learn what the heck you're doing! More owners ruin their dogs through ignorance in training than pretty much any other reason.

Okay, off my soapbox now. Please carry on bashing the poor folks who are trying to help the animals whose owners should be the ones locked in cages.

TKDmom - if we could get your very good points across to people, it would make a huge difference.

But, the bashing that was out of line was the comment that preference should be given to the animals at one center over the other because one center cares more than the other about the animals. How much sense did that make? That poster consistently bashes BAC. It makes no sense.

Both places stay full to capacity so obviously (and very sadly) we need them both.