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IT IS 5:30 P.M.. WE CAN OPEN OUR MEETING FOR THE ANGLETON ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO OUR 1ST AGENDA ITEM WILL BE TO DISCUSS AND
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I BELIEVE IT WAS 7 MINUTES AND 23. YEAH, 7 MINUTES AND 23 SECONDS.AND I'LL SECOND IT. ANY ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE.
[1. Discussion on the new rescue partner Animal Services has been working alongside with and the success rate of saving animals.]
HAVE BEEN WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH AND THE SUCCESS RATE OF SAVING ANIMALS.SO I WENT AHEAD AND PULLED THE LAST YEAR'S RECORDS.
SO FROM LAST YEAR WE HAD A TOTAL OF 110 CATS RESCUED AND THEN 144. OH EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. 130 DOGS RESCUED.
SO WE ARE DOING ABSOLUTELY TREMENDOUS ON THE RESCUE RATES.
THEY HAVE ALSO HELPED US GET THEY HAVE ALSO HELPED US GET IN CONTACT WITH THE HOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY, FIRST TIME PARTNERING WITH THEM. THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PULLED A TOTAL OF 44 CATS FROM OUR FACILITY, WHICH HAS BEEN AN AWESOME HELP. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF CATS THAT WE HAVE BEEN GETTING AND DOGS.
SO THE BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY HAS HELPED US.
IT'S HELPED THE EUTHANASIA RATES. IT HAS HELPED EVEN GETTING OUR DOGS ADOPTED, THEY HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL ANIMALS TO ADOPTION EVENTS, WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS THERE. SO BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY HAS HELPED OUR SHELTER OUT TREMENDOUSLY.
QUESTION SO I WAS LOOKING SO THIS IS THIS FOR THIS YEAR? YES. OKAY. SO ALL OF IT IS GOING TO BE THIS YEAR.
AND THEN I PUT YEAR TO DATE WITH ALL THE DOGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AND CATS ADOPTED.
GOTCHA. SO, BUT THIS, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR.
THIS IS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE DOGS AND CATS THAT WENT TO BEST FRIENDS.
YES. RIGHT. SO I'M KIND OF CURIOUS LOOKING AT THE THE STATUS.
SO TRANSFERRED IN OUR SYSTEM ACTUALLY MEANS RESCUED.
OKAY. SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. OKAY.
I ASK BECAUSE THERE'S ONE THAT SAYS HEALTHY AT HOME.
WHERE YEAH. OH IT IS. OH, HEALTHY AND HOME. THAT'S FROM WHENEVER THEY TOOK THE DOG TO AN ADOPTION EVENT.
SO THAT'S 1 OF THE DOGS THEY HAVE PULLED FROM US.
AND THEN IT GETS TRANSFERRED THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM AND THEN BACK INTO OURS.
AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE HANDLE THAT. GOTCHA. OKAY.
SO ARE THEY ADOPTING OUT DIRECTLY OR ARE THEY TRANSFERRING ON TO.
SO BASICALLY WHENEVER WE TRANSFER THE DOGS TO THEM, THEY GO TO THEIR RESCUE.
AND THEN THEY PRETTY MUCH SEND THEM OUT TO THEIR HOMES.
AND THEN ONCE THEY, IF THEY PULL OUR DOGS FROM AN ADOPTION EVENT, IT COUNTS AS A SERVICE OUT.
AND THEN THEY TAKE THEM TO THE ADOPTION EVENT.
ONCE THAT ANIMAL GETS ADOPTED THROUGH THEM, THEY SEND US BACK OUR PAPERWORK THAT WE SEND THEM, AND THEN THEY TRANSFER THAT ANIMAL BACK TO US.
SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT PERSON WHO ADOPTED THAT ANIMAL OUT.
AND IT SHOWS IN OUR SYSTEM DIRECTLY. SO THAT WAY WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO THAT ANIMAL WENT TO.
GOTCHA. OKAY. SO ARE THEY MOSTLY ADOPTING OUT DIRECTLY FROM BEST FRIENDS, OR ARE THEY MOSTLY PASSING ON TO 3RD PARTY RESCUES? IT'S IT'S GETTING ADOPTED DIRECTLY THROUGH BEST FRIENDS, THROUGH RESCUE.
THAT'S GOOD. SO I ASK BECAUSE I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS THERE WAS A REAL HORROR STORY WHERE THEY WERE HOUSTON WAS SHIPPING THEIR STUFF ALL THE WAY OUT TO ALABAMA AND WAS JUST GOING TO A HOARDER. NO NO NO NO NO. THEY DO SEVERE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON THOSE PEOPLE.
YEAH. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE, NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH VETERANS.
[2. Discussion on what is new for the shelter and future plans.]
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JASON. SURE. SO WHAT WE HAVE NEW FOR THE SHELTER, EVERYTHING SIMPLE.WE HAVE A FANTASTIC LADY OVER THERE RIGHT NOW THAT'S JUST VOLUNTEERING HER TIME.
KIND OF GIVING THE SHELTER A MORE WELCOMING FEELING WHEN YOU WALK IN, YOU KNOW, NOT DULL.
AND IT'S LIKE SO IT'S BRIGHT, COLORFUL. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC IN THERE.
SHE'S NOT DONE YET. SHE SHOULD BE DONE IN MAYBE ANOTHER WEEK OR SO.
THE SMELL IS GETTING FIXED IN THERE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS.
LIKE PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN STAND IN THERE. BUT THANKFULLY THE CITY WENT AHEAD AND DID THE THEY PUT THE WHAT'S THE WORD FOR IT? THE KIND OF MAKESHIFT PEE TRAPS TO KEEP THAT SMELL UNDER CONTROL.
SO NOW IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU GO IN THERE, IT'S NOT AS OVERWHELMING.
UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL KIND OF THAT WAY.
I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL AT MAX CAPACITY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR DOGS AND CATS.
SO IT'S AND IT'S HUMID OUTSIDE AND THAT IS JUST PART OF IT, UNFORTUNATELY.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, DISINFECTING, TRYING TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MANY ANIMALS IN THERE, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO, TO, TO DO IT, BUT THAT SINCE THEY DID DO THE THE TEMPORARY PIN TRAPS IN THERE UNTIL THEY CAN GET A CONTRACTOR TO GO IN AND DO WHAT THEY GOT TO DO WITH THAT PLACE.
IT'S, IT'S HELPED SO FAR, SO GOOD. DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN A CONTRACTOR MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE? THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW. I THINK THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO THEY'RE GOING TO GO WITH IF I BELIEVE, OR IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. YES. RIGHT NOW. SO YEAH, SO IT'S WORKING AND IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. AND THEN WITH THE WITH THE, HAS THERE BEEN AN UPDATE ON I KNOW WE WERE AT CAPACITY RECENTLY.
HAVE WE COME? UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE AT MAX CAPACITY.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF ANIMALS THAT CONTINUE TO KEEP COMING IN WITH PEOPLE DUMPING THEM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHICH UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO PREVENT THEM FROM IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE.
SO IT'S VERY HARD FOR THEM TO REALLY PULL ANIMALS FROM US.
SO ALL WE'RE REALLY DOING RIGHT NOW IS POSTING THEM ON FACEBOOK.
WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT A WEBSITE UP TO FOR ADOPT A PET.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE UP HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO SHOW OUR ANIMALS OUT A LITTLE BIT BETTER VERSUS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN JUST SEE IT ON FACEBOOK.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEM POST IT ONLINE NOW TO WHERE IT'S MORE OF A WIDE SPREAD OF IS IT ON PETFINDER OR WHAT. IT'S GOING TO BE ON, ADOPT A PET.
ADOPT A PET. AND THEN WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO PUT IT ON PETFINDER AS WELL.
OKAY, GOOD. AND THEN WHEN THAT'S DONE, IT'LL BE POSTED OBVIOUSLY ON THE FACEBOOK.
YES. SO FOR THE CITIZENS RIGHT NOW WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH OVERFLOW, DO YOU HAVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THEY CAN EITHER FOSTER OR THEY CAN HELP THE SHELTER? OF COURSE. IF THEY WOULD SEND US A DIRECT MESSAGE OR EVEN JUST GIVE US A CALL OR COME IN THERE AND TALK TO US, WE HAVE A LIST OF RESCUES THAT ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR FOSTERS.
WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GIVE THEM THE LIST OF RESCUES THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH.
AND IF THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, I'M WILLING TO FOSTER A CAT DOG, THEY CAN GET THEM SET UP THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM AND GO FROM THERE AND HOPEFULLY POOL DOGS OR CATS FROM US.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE THAT SAY, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TAKE A DOG JUST FOR THE WEEKEND TO GIVE THE DOG A BREAK FROM THE SHELTER, LIKE A LITTLE TEST RUN AND BRING HIM BACK AND, YOU KNOW, JUST.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR THAT? SO WE DO HAVE A DOGGY DAY OUT.
IF EVERYTHING GOES GOOD, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO TAKE THEM OUT FOR A DAY. YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT FOR A WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEM TO STARBUCKS, GET A PUP CUP, TAKE THEM TO THE BEACH WHATEVER YOU MAY WANT TO DO.
SO WE DO HAVE THAT IN PLAY AS WELL. SO THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
MAYBE PUT THAT ON FACEBOOK SOME MORE JUST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, I THINK IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OF COURSE, BACK UP THE FRONT PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, WE SURE CAN. AND THEN VOLUNTEER TO LIKE VOLUNTEER HOURS.
IS THERE A SPECIFIC HOURS JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS THAT ISN'T FAMILIAR? OUR VOLUNTEER HOURS. THE SET TIME WAS JUST FROM JUST FROM OPENING TO CLOSE.
WHEN WE'RE THERE. WE'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME IN AND DO WHAT YOU CAN.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SET TIME FOR VOLUNTEERS TO COME IN JUST FROM OPEN TO CLOSING.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO PERHAPS MAKE IT EASIER FOR RESCUES TO PULL FROM US IN LIGHT OF
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THE SCREWWORM EPIDEMIC? I KNOW SOME STATES ARE REQUIRING.WAS IT, SAY, A VETERINARY EXAM BEFORE YOU CAN BRING IN ACROSS STATE LINES? IT DEPENDS ON THE STATE THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING WITH.
EACH STATE HAS THEIR OWN GUIDELINES. IN SOME STATES HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE. THE RESCUES RIGHT NOW ARE ARE FLOUNDERING BECAUSE PETFINDER HAS MADE A CHANGE TO THEIR SYSTEM.
SO ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING POSTED ARE NOT NECESSARILY BEING BROADCAST AS WIDELY AS THEY WERE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RESCUES RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE RESCUES, GULF COAST STARS, 3 LITTLE KITTIES.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPLANATION ON THEIR PAGES.
AND SO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO VETERINARIAN BILLS.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO PAY ADOPTION RATES. IT'S JUST A STANDSTILL RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, AND WE HAVE EVEN WENT AS FAR AS WE HAVE ALL OF OUR ADOPTION FEES WAIVED RIGHT NOW.
TO TRY TO GET THESE ANIMALS OUT. GOING BACK WITH TO THE BEST FRIENDS THEY HAVE ACTUALLY, THEY COME IN AND THEY TAKE A LOT OF OUR ANIMALS AND THEY FIX THEM AND GIVE THEM VACCINE LIKE VACCINES.
HEARTWORM TESTS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF FOR FREE.
I THINK THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION TO, WITH, WITH REGARD TO HOW IT CAN HOW WE CAN BE MORE HELPFUL, IS REALLY GOING TO BE MORE ON THE CITIZEN SIDE THAN IT IS THE RESCUE SIDE AND THE SHELTER SIDE, ETC.. SO THE BEST THING IS SPAY NEUTER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THOSE AND THEY'RE JUST PET OWNERSHIP RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS AT LEAST IN WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY IS, IS FOSTERING, THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST THING.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF RESCUES WE HAVE LOCALLY THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO ADOPT OR WHAT NEED, WHAT ANIMALS NEED TO BE PULLED FROM THE SHELTER, BUT THERE'S NOWHERE TO PUT THEM. SO I THINK THE MORE OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE TO HAVE A FOSTER AVAILABLE, THEN THAT IS GOING TO OPEN UP A LOT MORE.
SO THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST SOLUTION TO GETTING ANIMALS OUT.
SO RIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL OUT OF KENNEL SPACE.
WE HAVE DOGS IN POP UP CRATES, WHICH IS NOT IDEAL TO HOUSE AN ANIMAL IN.
ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRESS LEVELS BEING SO HIGH IN THE SHELTER WITH THE BARKING YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO LET THEM OUT AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO RELIEVE THAT STRESS LEVEL, BUT IT'S GETTING JUST EXTREMELY HARD TO DO.
SO WITH THE ADOPTION RATES DWINDLING AND THE RESCUES NOT BEING ABLE TO POOL.
AND IT'S NOT JUST OUR SHELTER, IT'S IT'S EVERYWHERE.
YOU MENTIONED DUMPING WAS A BECOMING AN INCREASING PROBLEM.
YES. ARE THESE GETTING REFERRED OVER TO ANGLETON PD FOR INVESTIGATION? OF COURSE. IF WE CATCH THEM. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, WE THAT'S ONE THING WE ARE, IN FACT, DOUBLING DOWN ON IS ANIMAL CRUELTY.
AND IF WE CATCH YOU DUMPING AN ANIMAL, YOU WILL BE.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO CATCH YOU IN THE PROCESS, YOU WILL BE INVESTIGATED AND POTENTIALLY CHARGED.
SO IF WE'RE GOOD ON THAT AGENDA ITEM, WE CAN MOVE TO DISCUSSION THREE.
[3. Discussion on adoption and rescue rates.]
SO I HAVE THAT BURNED OUT AS WELL. SO WITH THE DOGS, SO JUST THIS YEAR FROM JANUARY TO JULY.SO FAR WE HAVE GOTTEN 70 DOGS ADOPTED. SO WHICH IS, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD.
LAST YEAR'S TOTAL ADOPTION FOR DOGS WAS 97. SO WE'RE CATCHING UP PRETTY QUICK.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S COMING WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE FACEBOOK POSTS.
NOW WE'RE EXPANDING INTO ADOPT A PET AND HOPEFULLY PETFINDER IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN BEST FRIENDS HELPING US WITH ADOPTION EVENTS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
SO WE'RE DOING VERY WELL ON THAT. LAST YEAR WE HAD, LET ME SEE, LAST YEAR WE HAD 130 DOGS RESCUED. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 60 FROM JANUARY TO NOW, WHICH IS STILL PRETTY GOOD.
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AND THEN WITH THE CATS, WE HAVE HAD 110 RESCUED THIS YEAR AND 88 RESCUED LAST YEAR.SO WE'RE EXCEEDING THAT. WE ARE SITTING AT 72 CATS ADOPTED THIS YEAR AND 144 AS OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE CATCHING UP. SO HOPEFULLY THE ADOPTION RATES WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP.
AS OF RIGHT NOW WE ARE STILL A NO KILL. WE ARE SETTING AT A 97% NO KILL RATE AS WE SPEAK.
VERY GOOD. I MEAN, OF COURSE. AND THAT FALLS UNDER, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY IF IT WAS AN ANIMAL BEING EUTHANIZED, IT'S FALLING UNDER UNFORTUNATELY, GETTING, YOU KNOW, STRUCK BY A VEHICLE ATTACKED BY ANOTHER ANIMAL OR BITES.
OKAY. AND THEN DO WE HAVE WITH THE ADOPTION DISCUSSION, DO WE HAVE UPCOMING ADOPTION EVENTS OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW? NO. TYPICALLY IT'S HARDER TO DO IT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.
WE DID DO 2 ACTUALLY A FEW WEEKS AGO ONE, WE WENT TO THE COURTHOUSE PARKING LOT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO WE WERE OUT THERE DOING THAT AND THEN WE WENT TO THE ANGLETON VET CLINIC DIDN'T REALLY BRING ANY ANIMALS, BUT WE WERE THERE JUST HELPING DOCTOR CLARK OPEN HER, DO HER GRAND OPENING AND THEN LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. JASON. DO WE HAVE ANY CLINICS BEING PLANNED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, WHETHER THERE ARE VACCINE CLINICS OR SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS? I'M WORKING ON TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE TO DO THAT.
A LOT OF IT'S UP IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
IT'S JUST GETTING THEM TO COME THIS WAY TO HELP US OUT.
IF I CAN FIND A GOOD VACCINE CLINIC, I WOULD LIKE TO DO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.
ONCE AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, MAYBE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS TO WHERE IT IS NOT BLAZING HOT OUTSIDE.
KIND OF LIKE THE, THE DONUTS FOR DOGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT GOING AS WELL IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF WE CAN.
IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH. A VENDOR OR A COMPANY, WHOMEVER FOR LIKE ANOTHER SPAY NEUTER CLINIC.
I CAN PROBABLY GET THE KC HALL FREE OF CHARGE AGAIN.
BECAUSE IT WAS AC, IT WENT SMOOTHLY. THE PARKING LOT WAS FANTASTIC.
EVERYTHING WENT VERY WELL. SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO GET SOMETHING GOING LIKE THAT AGAIN.
OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT AGENDA ITEM, THEN WE CAN MOVE ON. ARE YOU GOOD? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE CAN ADJOURN THIS MEETING. 5:49.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. MEETING'S ADJOURNED.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIN. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.