ABSTRACT

As there are few requirements for mandatory registration or reporting for humane animal organizations, it is difficult to quantify how many dogs enter such organizations annually, or know their outcomes. Our objectives were to quantify the number of dogs entering animal shelters in five states in 2017, and determine factors that influenced their outcomes. A census was conducted of shelters in five states from each geographical region of the US. Organizations were excluded if they transferred all dog, or were breed-specific, foster-based, or functioned solely as a sanctuary with no options for adoption. Shelter employees were questioned in face-to-face interviews about specific shelter characteristics, the number of dogs that entered their shelter in 2017, and their outcomes. In total 342 of the 471 (73%) shelters in the final sampling frame reported receiving 227,783 dogs in 2017. Of these, 45% were adopted, 18% were transferred other facilities, 19% were reclaimed, and 14% were euthanized. Shelter characteristics influencing dog outcomes included financial source, source of dogs, county population per square mile, and education level of the county.

摘要

由于对人类动物组织的强制注册或报告的要求很少，因此难以量化每年有多少只狗进入此类组织或了解其结果。我们的目标是量化2017年五个州进入动物收容所的狗的数量，并确定影响其结果的因素。对来自美国每个地理区域的五个州的避难所进行了人口普查。如果组织转移了所有的狗，或者是特定品种，以寄养为生，或者仅作为避难所而没有收养的选择，则被排除在外。收容所员工在面对面访谈中被询问有关特定收容所特征，2017年进入收容所的狗的数量及其结果。最终抽样框架中的471个庇护所中，共有342个（73％）报告称在2017年接待了227,783只狗。其中，有45％被采用，18％被转移到其他设施，19％被回收，安乐死14％。影响犬只结局的收容所特征包括财政来源，犬只来源，每平方英里的县人口和县的教育程度。