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The number of dogs coming into the three Santa Barbara County shelters (Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Santa Maria) in the last 4 years is down 28%, budget has gone up by 25%.

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Dog volunteer hours at the Santa Barbara Shelter are down compared to the last available data from  2011 when K-9PALS ran the volunteer programs. The SB shelter has had more dog volunteer hours recently than Lompoc and Santa Maria combined based on data from September 2015.

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Number of strays coming into the shelters has decreased from about 5,000 to 3,000 in the last 15 years. Redemptions have been consistent, while dog euthanization has dropped dramatically. The primary reason for this is that dogs are being relocated to rescues and other shelters beginning in 2011 in numbers almost equal to the adoptions in the last 4 years.

 

 

Animal Service reports that all three of the shelters are now meeting a 10% kill rate, so they can call themselves no-kill according to commonly accepted standards. The Santa Barbara shelter has a 3% kill rate due to the efforts of its volunteers. We believe Lompoc and Santa Maria could also achieve this rate, a better no-kill goal than 10%.

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The Santa Barbara Shelter on Overpass Road was built in the 70s primarily as a stray holding facility when euthanization rates were very high. It was never intended to hold adoptable animals for long term kenneling and does not meet the Humane Society Standards (See HSUS document here). The SB Shelter Pillsbury Building where Protective Custody and Quarantine Dogs are sometimes held has even smaller kennels. The Lompoc and Santa Maria Shelters have been upgraded more recently. The SB shelter was renovated in 2008 with funding from K-9PALS.

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