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Matter CC 25-127

Animal Care and Services Annual Report.

Health & Human Services Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (NSE) Agenda Ready Introduced 04 Sep 2025
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CC 25-127
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Agenda Ready
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04 Sep 2025
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Memorandum

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The memorandum discusses the Animal Care and Services Division's annual report for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, detailing its operations, accomplishments, and challenges. The report highlights the division's commitment to animal welfare, including the care of over 11,000 pets, successful adoptions, and the implementation of audit recommendations. It also addresses the ongoing issues of pet overpopulation and the division's strategies to improve animal outcomes, including spay and neuter programs and collaboration with rescue partners.

Key points
  • The Animal Care and Services Division is part of the Public Works Department and focuses on caring for unwanted and lost pets.
  • In FY 2024-2025, the division took in 11,193 pets, found homes for 4,639 pets, and secured temporary foster homes for 2,964 pets.
  • The report acknowledges the challenges of higher intake volumes and longer stays for animals, particularly large-breed dogs.
  • The average length of stay for dogs decreased from 25 to 20 days, and for cats from 15 to 14 days.
  • The live release rate for all animals was reported at 89%, with dogs at 95% and cats at 86%.
  • The division completed 6,990 spay and neuter surgeries, a 12% increase from the previous year.
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NSE AGENDA: ITEM: 10/09/2025 (d)2 TO: NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES FROM: Matt Loesch AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE SUBJECT: Animal Care and Services Annual Report Approved DATE: September 26, 2025 Date: 10/1/2025 RECOMMENDATION Accept the annual report on the Animal Care and Services Division’s accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. BACKGROUND This annual report provides an update on the activities of the Animal Care and Services (ACS) Division, a division of the Public Works Department. ACS is made up of four units; Shelter Operations, Medical Services, Field Operations, and Administration. ACS leads the local efforts to care for unwanted, lost, found, and unclaimed domestic pets in San José, Cupertino, Saratoga, and Milpitas, and to ensure rabies compliance and licensing requirements are met by pet owners. All domestic pets who come into the care of ACS receive vaccines (including rabies), sterilization surgery, a microchip, and if they require it, medical care at the Division’s Animal Care Center on Monterey Road. Exotic, wild, or farm animals that come into care are transferred to rescue partners who specialize in those species. This report details the activities of the fiscal year...