CARE Times
Spring 2008

C.A.R.E. Drives SJC Cat and Dog Shelter Euthanasia Numbers Down To 10% of National Average.

With the Help of Supporters, Members and Volunteers, Together We Obtain These Results

• National Average Drops to 12.7, yet CARE Pushes to the Much Lower  1.3

• Down to Approx. 10% of the National Average

• CARE Helps SJC Reduce to Less Than 25% of Average (6.0) for OCAS Contracted Cities

• CARE Partners With OCAS to Approach Results of Some Local Cities with Pro-Humane Shelter

In the graph below: SJC + CARE= Results obtained with CARE and OCAS SJC - CARE= Results if the SJC cats and dogs CARE pulled from OCAS are added back SJC - CARE - 50 OR= Results if=the SJC cats and dogs CARE pulled from OCAS plus the 50 Owner Relinquished SJC cats and dogs that did not need to go up to the County Shelter are added. Together CARE and OCAS dropped the projected SJC 4.2 E-Factor to 1.3.

Many of you have helped along the way, and many more pets continue to need your help.

By Gale Darter

One measure of how a community cares for it's animals is called the E-Factor. The number of dogs and cats euthanized in all shelters and rescues directly servicing the pets of an area provides one of the facts to derive the number.  For E-Factor to be valid, at least one of those providing service must be an open admittance shelter. Open admittance shelters take in owner relinquished,  aggressive and ill pets. The total number of dogs and cats euthanized by the shelter and rescue groups is divided by the local population and then multiplied by 1,000. The result is the number of cats and dogs euthanized per 1,000 residents.

Partnering with the Orange County Animal Shelter, CARE reduced the euthanasia of SJC cats and dogs to near10% of the national average.

In 2001 CARE partnered with Orange County Animal Shelter to form the successful CARE pilot program. CARE Volunteers recognize that program changes at OCAS contribute to lowering the overall E-Factor numbers for OCAS contracted cities. Their increased adoption efforts, extended hours to help owners locate lost pets, web site efforts and partnering with rescue organizations continue to help the pets of Orange County. Although SB 1785 required changes in the programs, many of these changes were already being sought by the OCAS staff. Their return to owner and adoption rates have increased. Effective in 2000, SB 1785 promotes a higher level of co-operation between shelters and rescue organizations. 

In the accompanying local population graph, many of the pets in the OR (Owner Relinquished)  category are neonatal cats and dogs. Many US shelters put neonatal pets (8 weeks or younger) down within 24 hours. Even after SB 1785, California law does not provide these most vulnerable pets the same level of protection as those older than 8 weeks of age. OCAS works with rescue groups and private volunteers to leverage foster homes for both neonatal cats and dogs.

The SJC neonatal pets in the more than 50 Owner Relinquished category entered the CARE program directly and did not need to go to OCAS. Ten years ago, most of these SJC animals would have remained reproductively intact. Some may have found a found homes, others stayed in the feral and un-owned feline populations. Today, shortly after entering CARE's programs, they are altered and no longer add to the pet overpopulation problem.

With an 8 year history, CARE's program continues to decrease the number of pets going to the shelter not only through acceptance into the CARE program, but through a reduction in intact un-owned pets found in the community. Like CARE, local neighborhood companion animal rescue organizations that succeed recognize the challenges of the un-owned pet population and include programs that focus on helping that frequently overlooked category.

These pets need your help to find new homes:

Fergie and Ace  These 2 Love Birds are not related. They met in a cage and fell in love. Ace gives Fergie stability. Fergie gives Ace companionship and contentment.

They have become inseparable.

CARE will adopt 2 for the price of 1 if someone will take this wonderful pair of older kittens who have spent far too long growing up in a cage.

Contact CARE or go see Ace & Fergie at the San Juan Capistrano Petsmart.

Spring is in the air! Come fall in love with this “kitten couple.” You will have a built in playmate for your new kitten! Both Micro-chipped
Spayed & Neutered
Litterbox Trained
Current on Vaccines
Tested for FELV/FIV

Fergie
10 Months Old
(Rare) Orange Tabby Female Domestic Short Hair
Confident, playful, fun

Ace
8 Months Old
Shiny Black Male
Domestic Short Hair
Loving, energetic, sweet

Mariah is a beautiful little girl. She is petite and feminine. She knows simple commands like "sit" and walks well on a leash. She is also very smart and seems willing to learn and eager to please. She would be the perfect family companion. Mariah is accepting of other gentle dogs and cats, and would do well in a home with polite children. If you would like to meet Mariah, please call CARE and schedule an appointment to see her in person.
 

CARE (949) 240-1735

CARE set a new mark by helping more than 187 cats and dogs in 2007. Estimates of CARE's direct cost to acquire, feed, alter, vaccinate, microchip, adopt, medicate, provide Veterinarian care and important surgeries are forecasted to exceed $44,000.00. Partnerships with Petsmart Charities in store cattery, Ortega Animal Care Clinic combined with grants for supplies from groups like PetsMart, PetCo and Purina Pro Plan have significantly reduced the average cost per pet (especially the cost per cat) in the programs, while providing much needed public exposure for the all of CARE's adoptable pets. Few people realize that CARE absorbs the Orange County Animal Care Center pet adoption fees ($85 to $150), just as a member of the public does when adopting from OCACC. CARE works as a partner with OCACC to help the adoptable cats and dogs of San Juan Capistrano find homes.

National Pet Week
Saturday,
May 3rd, 2008 11:00-3:00

The Franciscan Plaza Courtyard
31781 Camino Capistrano
(downstairs from Ruby’s Diner)
Music, Food, Fabric Art, Pet Accessories
Dog fashion show
Boys & Girls Club SJC quilters
Benefits cats and dogs of CARE

More Info

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On behalf of the Animals, Members and Volunteers at Capistrano Animal Rescue Effort, we would like to thank all our subscribers for reading our Newsletters and Humane related updates.

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