As temperatures rise, so does the number of dogs and cats in San Antonio shelters where capacity limits lead to higher kill rates.
Hutchins, a mixed-breed dog available for adoption licks Kym Virdell, assistant live release manager at San Antonio Pets Alive.Hutchins was not in his assigned kennel at Animal Care Services the day Kym Virdell went looking for him.” on a recent Thursday due to overcrowding at the shelter, had been given a reprieve. , sought Hutchins and three other dogs tagged by the organization in order to buy them more time to find a home through fostering or adoption.
When the daily list exceeds 25, SAPA declares it a “code red” day, and summertime has brought many of those days — as it often does. But SAPA and other groups like it are scrambling to save as many pets as possible. And even Hutchins’ luck could be running out — SAPA has just 10 days to find him, and three others it rescued, a new home or foster. If that doesn’t happen, he will be returned to ACS’ kennels — and could eventually face euthanization — so that the rescue organization can give another animal that chance at life.
Between October 2020 and September 2021, the shelter took in 24,635 animals and euthanized 2,167. More than 1,200 were dogs. “No-kill” does not equal no euthanasia, despite how it sounds. That goal was met in the last five years, she said, despite taking in 25,000 to 30,000 animals a year. And it’s a far cry from 2011, when the live release rate was only 32%, six years after the city began to make changes in its animal care practices. “This is our busy season and so you do start to see in the summer, in the warmer months, our euthanasia creeps up,” Norwood said. In the fall and winter, those numbers tend to decrease.
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