Shelter Animals Count + Hill’s Pet Nutrition Partnership to Strengthen Data-Driven Practices in Animal Welfare
November 8, 2024
Kitten intake in 2020 went up 113% from April to May compared to 72% in 2019. In June kitten intake increased by 19% from May compared to a 4% increase last year. The majority of kitten intake both years came in as strays.
Shelter intake overall is down 24% compared to last year but increased at a higher rate from April to June 2020 than the same time period in 2019.
Regionally, Pacific and New England states have seen the largest year-to-date intake decrease at -31% and -30% while West North Central states saw the smallest decease at -17%.
Adoptions as a percentage of total intake are up slightly at 57% in 2020 compared to 51% in 2019. When we look deeper at the community adoption rate (adoptions as a percentage of intake minus owner intended euthanasia and transfer intake), that rate increases from 64% in 2019 to 73% in 2020.