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Both Paterson Animal Control and Elizabeth Animal Shelter reported no animals were sent to rescues and all dogs and cats leaving their facilities alive were owner reclaims or adoptions. Shelters may have failed to classify animals adopted out and sent to rescues properly. The worst offenders are listed in the tables below: Similarly, 37 of 87 shelters reported different numbers of cats at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. However, 32 of 88 shelters reported different numbers of dogs at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019. Obviously, shelters should report the same number of animals at the end of the prior year and the start of the current year. Thus, there is the potential that as many as 1,934 additional dogs and cats were killed, died or went missing from New Jersey animal shelters than were reported in 2019.Įven worse, a number of animal shelters reported having a different number of animals at the end of 2018 and at the beginning of 2019. To put it another way, 1,934 cats and dogs should have had outcomes reported and did not.

While these errors could have been due to incorrect counts of the number of animals at facilities, these shelters may have not recorded outcomes, such as animals who were killed, died, or went missing. 31 of the 47 shelters with flawed dog statistics and 32 of the 50 facilities with incorrect cat statistics should have had more animals at the end of the year than reported. This raises serious questions about the accuracy of these shelters’ reported statistics. Stunningly, 47 out of 91 shelters reporting these dog statistics and 50 out of 89 facilities submitting this cat data failed to get this right.

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Simple math dictates the number of animals at a facility at the beginning of the year, plus all animals coming in during the year, less all animals leaving for the period, should equal the number of animals a shelter has at the end of the year. Most New Jersey animal shelters do not properly account for their animals. Garbage Data Raises Serious Questions About New Jersey Animal Shelters’ Statistics You can also view each “Shelter/Pound Annual Report” at this link. 2019 statistics for each New Jersey animal shelter are listed at this link. I compiled the data from these reports and analyze the results in this blog. Thus, the Shelter/Pound Annual Reports include very important data not found in the New Jersey Department of Health’s summary report.

Additionally, the Shelter/Pound Annual Reports include the number of animals in shelters at the beginning and end of the year as well as the maximum number of animals facilities can hold. returned to owner, adopted, sent to rescue/another shelter, and died/missing/other outcome). strays, owner surrenders, rescued from in-state facilities, rescued from out of state shelters, and cruelty/bite cases/other) and disposed of (i.e. However, the Shelter/Pound Annual Reports include additional information on how animals were impounded (i.e.

Animal shelters voluntarily submit this data in the “Shelter/Pound Annual Report.” The New Jersey Department of Health takes these Shelter/Pound Annual Reports and compiles the number of dogs, cats and other animals impounded, redeemed, adopted and euthanized to prepare its Animal Intake and Disposition report. Each year, the New Jersey Department of Health requests each licensed animal shelter in the state to submit animal shelter data for the previous year. Earlier this year, I shared the 2019 summary statistics for New Jersey animal shelters on my Facebook page. Most New Jersey animal shelters voluntarily report detailed data to state authorities. This blog will explore the 2019 statistics in more detail and assess the current status of the state’s animal shelters. Recently, I wrote a blog discussing decreased killing at New Jersey animal shelters in 2019.