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Fayetteville animal services reports 1,253 intakes in 2024; board hears staffing, events and regional coordination updates
Summary
Fayetteville City Animal Services reported 1,253 dog and cat intakes in 2024, 765 adoptions and 48 euthanasias; staff outlined hiring progress for an administrative assistant, event planning for a pup crawl and PuppyGrams, and participation in a regional shelter alliance.
Fayetteville City Animal Services reported Thursday that it took in 1,253 dogs and cats in 2024, of which 765 were adopted and 48 were euthanized, during a quarterly update to the advisory board.
The data came during an overview delivered by Christine, an Animal Services staff member for Fayetteville City. "We ended up taking in 1,253 dogs and cats in 2024. 765 of those were adopted. We euthanized 48," Christine said, adding that the shelter reunited many animals with owners and worked with local rescues to rehome others.
The report said the shelter performed a total of 1,288 spay/neuter surgeries in 2024: 671 linked to adoptions and 617 income-based surgeries. Christine also reported lower overall euthanasia rates in 2024 compared with 2023 and described the 2024 cat euthanasia total as 22, and dog euthanasia as spread across temperament (12), health (10), rabies testing (3) and one court-ordered euthanasia.
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