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Salt Lake County Animal Services reports 2024 live-release rate of 95%; mobile clinic expanding in Midvale
Summary
Salt Lake County Animal Services presented its 2024 annual report to the Midvale City Council, highlighting a 95% live-release rate, over 17,000 calls for service across jurisdictions, and expansion of the county-funded Paws Mobile Service Clinic.
Carrie Seiber of Salt Lake County Animal Services presented the agency’s 2024 annual report to the Midvale City Council on April 1, reporting a 95% live-release rate and describing a countywide mobile clinic effort that has provided low-cost or free services to Midvale residents.
Seiber told the council that animal control officers responded to “over 17,000 calls for service” across the jurisdictions the agency serves. Last year the county shelter and partner rescues and fosters outcomed about 6,800 animals in total; 2,800-plus animals were adopted or transferred to rescues, and the shelter sterilized more than 4,200 animals in its in-house clinic.
“Volunteers provided over 7,500 hours helping pets in the shelter,” Seiber said, and the county placed roughly 1,300 animals into foster homes in 2024. She said the shelter handles a broad mix of intakes beyond dogs and cats — “amphibians, reptiles, birds, even crabs and fish.”
Seiber outlined the Paws Mobile Service Clinic, a county-funded program launched in October 2024 to deliver spay/neuter services, vaccinations and microchipping. “At the end of 2024 we did 84 spays and neuters,” Seiber said; she reported that “as of yesterday” the mobile clinic had delivered about 375 procedures so far in 2025 and that clinics were filling through August.
Seiber also highlighted outreach events: the shelter’s Petapalooza adoption event placed 77 animals last year, and ongoing monthly feline-focused clinics remain scheduled. She encouraged residents interested in mobile-clinic appointments to email paws@saltlakecounty.gov for information.
Council members thanked Seiber and noted the clinic’s popularity. Mayor Gettle said the mobile clinic “has been a smashing success” and council member Billings and others congratulated the county for the shelter’s volunteer engagement and high live-release rate.
The presentation was informational; the council did not vote on funding changes during the meeting. Seiber noted she hopes the council and county will continue to support the program going forward.
