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Animal-control data show most reclaims within four days; commission considers shorter holds and community-cat protocol

Evansville City Animal Control and Education Commission · August 16, 2024
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Summary

Commission staff presented shelter data showing roughly 93–94% of reclaimed animals were returned within four days and proposed considering a four-day hold for dogs and immediate enrollment into a TNR/community-cat program for qualifying cats.

Animal control staff and commission members on Aug. 16 reviewed return-to-owner data and discussed shortening hold times and expanding the community-cat (TNR) protocol.

A representative (Speaker 6) summarized a two-month sample, reporting that in January roughly 33% of reclaimed animals were claimed in one day, 36% in two days, 17% in three days and 8% in four days—about 94% reclaimed within…

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