Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals®
2015 PROGRESS REPORT OUR SUPPORTERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 2015 Progress 6,242
6,104
6,992 15,864
15,270
14,732
5,730 14,232
14,050 4,794
8,192 17,641
8,905
9,313
8,483 13,563
12,023
9,937
Our progress in 2015 was substantial. The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals
’15 Year 11
’13 Year 9
’14 Year 10
’12 Year 8
’11 Year 7
’10 Year 6
’09 Year 5
’08 Year 4
31,701
’14 Year 10
’13 Year 9
’12 Year 8
’15 Year 11 5,352
6,847
6,124
10,188
’11 Year 7
’10 Year 6
’09 Year 5
’08 Year 4
’07 Year 3
’06 Year 2
0 ’05 Year 1
The collective Live Release Rate among all Alliance community partners, including ACC, increased from 87 percent in 2014 to an unprecedented 90 percent in 2015.
or transferred to rescue partners for adoption. 8,252
13,620
5K
’04
to sustain our success in saving the lives of NYC’s animals.
ACC, were either adopted, returned to their owners, 11,602
10K
’03 Baseline Year
The Alliance could not have achieved this progress without the generous donations of our supporters. We hope that you will stand by the Alliance and help us
York City’s shelter and rescue organizations, including 16,706
20,397
15K
Since 2003, the dedicated efforts of the Alliance community partners—150 rescue
This means that 9 out of 10 cats and dogs in New 18,190
22,967
20K
because they do not have homes.
Community Live Release Rate Increased
■ Total ACC Euthanasia 26,456
25K
York City a community where no healthy or treatable dogs or cats are killed simply
groups and shelters, including Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC)—have saved the
ACC Euthanasia Reduction 30K
continued to sustain its life-saving work and press on toward its goal—to make New
lives of more than 300,000 cats and dogs. ’06 Year 2
6,775
5,729
9,872
’03 Baseline Year
0
5,519 4,927
5K
’04
10K
’05 Year 1
15K
10,865
20K
15,493
■ ACC Adoptions ■ ACC Transfers
’07 Year 3
25K
6,733
ACC Transfers & Adoptions
Per Capita Euthanasia Rate Decreased The per capita euthanasia rate of dogs and cats decreased from 0.82 in 2014 to a groundbreaking 0.64 in 2015 (per 1,000), which means that less than
30,502 24,694
30,278 23,196
was euthanized, and that number continues to drop. This is a massive achievement. Since 2014, New York City has had the lowest per capita euthanasia rate of any
’15 LR 81%
major city in the in U.S.
’14 LR 77%
29,061 22,360
’13 LR 77%
’12 LR 70%
32,325
20,264 28,921
21,411
’11 LR 66%
35,669
41,712 27,445
’09 LR 66%
23,552
’08 LR 56%
14,337
22,202
’07 LR 62%
’06 LR 47%
’05 LR 44%
0
’04 LR 32%
5K
’03 LR 26%
10K
11,947
15K
19,017
20K
20,561
25K
23,780
30K
one dog or cat per 1,000 New York City residents ■ Total Intake ■ Total Live Release
’10 LR 67%
42,248
43,400
42,500
35K
43,618
40K
44,826
45K
46,187
ACC Live Release Rate
With euthanasia requests taken out of the formula, ACC Live Release Rate in 2015 increased to over 80%.
Transfers to Partner Shelters and Rescue Groups Increased Close to 16,000 (15,864) dogs and cats were transferred from ACC to partner shelters and rescue groups for adoption. Transfers continue to have
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the greatest impact on reducing euthanasia and increasing the Live Release Rate. The Alliance’s Wheels of Hope transport fleet was instrumental in many of these transfers,
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