Salinas Animal Services is a member of the Coalition for Companion Animals (CCA), a group of Monterey County nonprofit animal services professionals and governmental agencies working together to end euthanasia of healthy dogs and cats as well as those with treatable physical and/or behavioral conditions. 

The following 2006 statistics, collected for Maddie’s Fund grant requirements, report the source and outcome for City of Salinas dogs and cats arriving at the shelter alongside the total statistics collected from the other reporting CCA members. This reporting method does not include the non-sheltering animal control departments of Marina, Carmel, Monterey, and Pacific Grove.Sadly, the statistics reveal too many irresponsible individuals causing overpopulation and a community that allows far too many domestic dogs and cats to die for lack of a home.

This comparison will provide a roadmap for CCA agencies and our community to work together to reduce and finally eliminate the tragic death of so many adoptable dogs and cats in Monterey County.  

CCA reporting agencies include Animal Friends Rescue Project, City of Carmel Animal Control, City of Marina Animal Control, City of Monterey Animal Control, City of Pacific Grove Animal Control, Monterey County Animal Services, the SPCA of Monterey County, as well as the Salinas Animal Services. 

Other CCA agencies working toward this goal include Animal Welfare Information and Assistance and From the Heart Dog Training.

Salinas Animal Services
Annual Companion Animal Statistics

2005 Annual Live Release Rate for Salinas Animal Services:   55%
The Annual Live Release Rate does not include 32 owner/guardian requested euthanasia which were unhealthy and untreatable or 27 dogs and cats that died or were lost in our care. 

2006 Annual Live Release Rate for Salinas Animal Services:   54%
The Annual Live Release Rate does not include 14 owner/guardian requested euthanasia which were unhealthy and untreatable or 31 dogs and cats that died in our care.

Monterey County-Wide CCA
Annual Companion Animal Statistics

2005 Annual Live Release Rate for the entire Monterey County (CCA): 58%
The Annual Live Release Rate does not include 635 owner/guardian requested euthanasia which were unhealthy & untreatable and 210 dogs and cats that died or were lost in the shelter/care.  

2006 Annual Live Release Rate for the entire Monterey County (CCA):   59%
The Annual Live Release Rate does not include 766 owner/guardian requested euthanasia which were unhealthy & untreatable and 148 dogs and cats that died or were lost in the shelter/care.

* This represents the number of unhealthy and untreatable dogs and cats humanely euthanized at the request of their owners or guardians. 

** Includes owner or guardian requested euthanasia.

In 2005, 1,292 animals were not accounted for in the CCA statistics as the City of King City and the City of Soledad were not utilizing the uniform method for collecting and reporting shelter data as defined by the Asilomar Accords.

DEFINITIONS
In order to facilitate the data collection process and assure consistent reporting across agencies, the following definitions were developed by a group of animal welfare leaders in August 2004. For more information about these definitions and the group that developed them visit http://www.asilomaraccords.org/.

Healthy
The term "healthy" means and includes all dogs and cats eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is taken into possession, have manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental characteristic that could pose a health or safety risk or otherwise make the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and have manifested no sign of disease, injury, a congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future. 

Treatable
The term "treatable" means and includes all dogs and cats who are "rehabilitatable" and all dogs and cats who are "manageable."

Unhealthy and Untreatable
The term "unhealthy and untreatable" means and includes all dogs and cats who, at or subsequent to the time they are taken into possession,

(1)  have a behavioral or temperamental characteristic that poses a health or safety risk or otherwise makes the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable" even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community; or

(2)  are suffering from a disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary condition that adversely affects the animal’s health or is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future, and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable" even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community; or

(3)  are under the age of eight weeks and are not likely to become "healthy" or "treatable," even if provided the care typically provided to pets by reasonable and caring pet owners/guardians in the community.