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Dallas Animal Services reports FY25 results, says recent distemper outbreak contained; staff to present draft community cat ordinance in November
Summary
Director Paul Romain presented fiscal year 2025 performance figures to the commission, citing increased cat intake, decreased dog intake (affected by SIRDC and distemper outbreaks), higher spay/neuter volumes, expanded foster use, and ongoing suspected-animal-cruelty caseloads. Staff said a draft community cat ordinance will go to the Quality of
Dallas Animal Services (DAS) presented fiscal year 2025 outcomes, explained how two infectious outbreaks affected shelter operations, and introduced a draft community cat ordinance that staff plans to take to the Quality of Life Committee Nov. 17 and then to City Council in December.
Paul Romain, director of Dallas Animal Services, gave a Q4/fiscal-year roll-up of performance measures. He said DAS exceeded its vaccine-clinic goal and substantially exceeded its subsidized spay/neuter goal: the shelter reported 4,127 subsidized spay/neuter surgeries compared with a goal of 2,000. Romain said dog intake decreased about 16% year over year while cat intake increased about 26%, and that combined intake was down roughly 5% overall. Romain attributed much of the decline in dog intake and several…
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