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Staff report: volunteers logged 6,479.28 hours in January; Austin Pets Alive reports major share of transfers under license agreement
Summary
Animal Services staff reported January volunteer hours, staffing updates and a corrected surgery count. Austin Pets Alive presented a license-agreement quarterly report showing APA received the majority of transfers from AAC for the quarter and that transfer decisions affect the city's reported live-release rate.
City Animal Services staff and Austin Pets Alive (APA) presented monthly operational reports to the Travis County Austin Animal Advisory Commission, highlighting volunteer contributions, staffing changes and transfer volumes under the existing license agreement.
Volunteer-hours and staffing: Don Bland, chief animal services officer, told commissioners that January orientations added 170 new volunteers and that active volunteers logged 6,479.28 hours that month. Bland said, “our volunteers produce more volunteer hours in a month than most municipal shelters do in a whole year,” and thanked volunteers for sustaining shelter operations. Bland also reported several personnel openings: three…
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