2012 pound stats – Moorhead, Fargo as well as West Fargo

I want to share the 2012 pound stats I gathered from the three regional pounds in my neighborhood of Fargo, N.D., West Fargo, N.D., as well as Moorhead, Minn.

I likewise want to share a few of my thoughts on the stats.

Although most people who will checked out this do not online in my area, I want to motivate you to get in touch with your regional pounds as well as shelters as well as ask them what their numbers are. exactly how many animals did they take in last year? exactly how many were adopted? exactly how many were killed?

How our pound system works

Each city (Fargo, West Fargo as well as Moorhead) has its own government-controlled pound. The Moorhead pound serves the City of Moorhead as well as Clay region (Minnesota), the Fargo pound serves the City of Fargo as well as Cass region (North Dakota), as well as the West Fargo pound serves the City of West Fargo.

These pounds are not shelters. Dogs as well as cats are held for a minimum of three to five business days to provide owners a possibility to reclaim them as well as pay the needed fees. If the animals are not declared or if charges are not paid, the pounds will release them to regional rescue groups or shelters. animals not declared or put can be killed, even if they are healthy as well as friendly.

2012 overall pound stats for Moorhead, Fargo as well as West Fargo

Total impounded dogs as well as cats: 1,792 (957 dogs as well as 835 cats)

Total killed/euthanized/died: 147

Total online release rate: 92 percent

Of those killed/euthanized/deceased:

How many were adoptable? 2 cats

How many were sick/injured? 10 dogs as well as 49 cats

How many were feral/aggressive? 11 dogs as well as 73 cats

How many died in their cages? 2 cats

* The stats were gathered directly from the pounds. These stats are offered to the public. More detailed stats are listed below, or comply with this link for a pdf version: 2012 pound stats -Moorhead, Fargo, West Fargo

Here are some key points I want to highlight, in addition to my thoughts:

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– regional rescue groups do an fantastic task pulling dogs as well as cats from the pounds, as well as the neighborhood might be thought about no kill if you are going by numbers alone.

– To be thought about a no-kill community, one of the factors is that the neighborhood must save at least 90 percent of its impounded animals, according to the No kill Advocacy Center, a group devoted to achieving a no-kill nation.

– Moorhead/Fargo/West Fargo had a integrated online release rate of 92 percent in 2012, according to the pound stats.

Feral cats as well as trap/neuter/release

– One hundred percent of the impounded cats identified as either feral or aggressive were killed in 2012, according to the pound stats. That ended up being 73 cats between the three pounds.

– Our area has a low-cost spay/neuter organization called Minn-Kota PAAWS. The group focuses on pets from restricted earnings households in addition to barn as well as feral cats.

– The City of Fargo works with PAAWS to trap/neuter/release feral cats, according to Carol Sawicki, center director of PAAWS

– The City pays PAAWS $20 for each feline it traps (up to 150 cats per year), according to Sawicki. She estimated PAAWS trapped about 70 cats in 2012. about 25 of those were unadoptable feral cats that were released after they had been vaccinated and sterilized. The rest were put up for adoption

– There is no TNR program between PAAWS as well as the City of Moorhead or PAAWS as well as the City of West Fargo, according to Sawicki.

Two adoptable cats killed

– In 2012, only two healthy, adoptable cats were killed in our regional pounds. Both were at the Fargo pound.

No adoptable dogs killed

– Our neighborhood continues to be a fairly risk-free location to go into the pound system if you are a dog.

Pet ‘overpopulation’

– clearly there is not a “pet overpopulation” issue in our area. Yes, specific neighborhoods do deal with challenges, as well as pounds as well as shelters do not have it simple anywhere. however that does not mean we have “overpopulation.” It means we requirement to stay creative. It means shelters as well as rescues requirement to do their fair share of advertising the animals

– I’m hoping the leadership within our regional rescue groups will begin to recognize that pet overpopulation is a myth, as well as always has been.

– If a community’s pounds killed just two adoptable cats as well as zero adoptable dogs in 2012, exactly how is there “overpopulation”?

– If a neighborhood has sufficient demand for breeders as well as a pet shop (Pets R Inn at West Acres Mall) to offer kitties as well as puppies, exactly how is there “overpopulation”?

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