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Dallas Animal Services Q3 report: higher live outcomes, growing community programs and a projected $2.2 million FY25 shortfall
Summary
Director Paul Ramon told the commission that FY25 quarter 3 (April'June) metrics show increases in community spay/neuter and rescue transfers and improved live-release rates for cats and dogs, but the department projects a roughly $2.2 million overrun due to overcapacity and added cruelty investigations.
Paul Ramon, director of Dallas Animal Services, presented the department's fiscal year 2025 quarter 3 performance report covering April through June and highlighted program growth alongside an emerging budget shortfall.
Ramon said the department exceeded several operational goals: it held eight free vaccine clinics in southern Dallas (the target was two), exceeded a 2,000-target for subsidized spay/neuter surgeries, and increased transfers to rescue partners. He reported a live-release rate near 87 percent for dogs (up 5 percent from the prior year) and improvements in cat outcomes; kitten-season intake increased cat intake by 35 percent in the quarter.
The report listed other program results:…
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