Shelter Statistics
The following statistics for the Tallahassee Animal Services detail the number of animals who arrive and depart the shelter in various ways. Below, please find the year-to-date numbers, along with historical data from previous years. A key for what each category means is also posted below the chart.
| 2025 Stats |
Cats |
Kittens |
Dogs |
Puppies |
Other |
Total |
| Owner Surrender |
259 |
145 |
422 |
114 |
30 |
970 |
| Stray |
393 |
452 |
923 |
249 |
4 |
2601 |
| Return |
13 |
8 |
32 |
16 |
0 |
69 |
| Confiscate |
7 |
0 |
61 |
9 |
6 |
83 |
| Owner Assist |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Quarantined |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Transferred |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Total Incoming |
673 |
608 |
1443 |
388 |
80 |
3189 |
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| Adoption |
24 |
396 |
492 |
263 |
53 |
1448 |
| Died/Missing |
6 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
20 |
| Euthanized - Behavior |
26 |
1 |
349 |
11 |
0 |
387 |
| Euthanized - Medical |
86 |
50 |
75 |
26 |
22 |
259 |
| Euthanized - Time/Space |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
| Euthanized - Age |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Euthanized - O.R. |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| Total Euthanized |
112 |
63 |
461 |
37 |
23 |
696 |
Returned to Home
|
219 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
243 |
| Reclaimed |
31 |
1 |
361 |
19 |
0 |
412 |
| Transferred |
44 |
47 |
112 |
42 |
18 |
263 |
| Total Outgoing |
656 |
537 |
1429 |
365 |
97 |
3082 |
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| Live Release Rate % |
79.9 |
77.4 |
66.9 |
83.5 |
88.8 |
74.2 |
| Adoption Rate % |
36.6 |
65.5 |
34.1 |
67.8 |
66.3 |
45.4 |
| Euthanasia Rate % |
16.6 |
10.4 |
31.9 |
9.5 |
28.8 |
21.8 |
| Transfer Rate % |
6.5 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
10.8 |
22.5 |
8.2 |
Return to Home %
|
32.5 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
28.8 |
| Reclaim Rate % |
4.6 |
0.2 |
25.0 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
20.0 |
| Return Rate % |
5.3 |
2.0 |
6.5 |
6.1 |
0.0 |
4.8 |
| * Please note that Live Release Rate is not a Save Rate |
Historical Statistics (PDF)
Category Key
- Cats - Felines 6 months and older
- Kittens - Felines under 6 months
- Dogs - Canines 6 months and older
- Puppies - Canines under 6 months
- Other - wildlife, livestock, fish, reptiles, rabbits, pocket pets, and any other animal that is not a cat or dog
Intake Types
- Owner surrender - an animal which is given up by its owner, either at the shelter or in the field
- Stray - an animal which comes to the shelter after being found at large or lost
- Return - an animal adopted from the shelter that is returned by the adopter within 30 days
- Confiscate - an animal that is brought to the shelter by an animal control officer due to the owner not being available (incarcerated or hospitalized) or due to cruelty, neglect or abandonment
- Quarantined - a cat or dog that has bitten a person and is subsequently being held for 10 days rabies quarantine to determine if the person must undergo rabies treatment
- Transferred - an animal that comes in from another animal shelter or rescue group
Exit Types
- Adoption - an animal that is placed permanently with a person for the purpose of being a companion
- Died/Missing - an animal that died or escaped
- Euthanized - Behavior - an animal that is aggressive or exhibited behaviors that made it unsafe to rehome
- Euthanized - Medical - an animal that had a medical issue that precludes it from being adopted even with available resources
- Euthanized - Time/Space - an animal that was available for adoption but space was no longer available or an animal that had a major health or behavioral issue that is treatable
- Euthanized - Age - an orphaned animal that was under 5 weeks old (unable to eat on its own)
- Euthanized - O.R. - an animal that came into the shelter (typically as a stray) & later identified by an owner who requested the animal be euthanized (typically an animal that was severely injured while running loose)
- Reclaimed - a stray animal that is reunited with its owner
- Return to Home - a community cat program whereby cats are altered, vaccinated & ear tipped and then returned to the place where they live
- Transferred - animals that are sent to a nonprofit rescue or shelter that will assure their placement
- Live Release Rate = (adopted + reclaimed + transferred + community cat program) / (incoming animals)