Metrics Monday 03.24.2025

NHS Metrics Monday 03/24/25

Hello Friends!

Trent (Chief Operations Officer) with a Nevada Humane Society Metrics Monday update and some key information about last week.

As of 8 am Monday, March 24th, we had 272 animals in our care – this is 5 more animals compared to the previous week. We have 62 at our Carson Campus, 113 at our Reno Campus, and 97 in the care of our foster volunteers. The Carson Campus dog kennels are at 53% capacity and the Reno Campus dog kennels are at 69% capacity.

141 animals came into our campuses last week – 33 fewer than the previous week. NHS received 52 Owner/Guardian Surrenders (-22 animal from the previous week), 20 Strays (+15 animals from the previous week) and 6 Good Samaritan Strays (+5 animals from the previous week). We also transferred in 25 cats, 16 dogs, and 2 other animals from our close partners at Washoe County Regional Animal Services.

53 cats, 55 dogs, and 5 others were adopted last week – this is 16 fewer cats, 13 fewer dogs, and 7 fewer other animals compared to the previous week. We were able to reunite 0 cats (-5 from the previous week) and 11 dogs (+11 from the previous week) with their owners.

Last week, 1 dog was humanely euthanized for medical. 5 dogs were humanely euthanized for aggression to humans.

Last week we received 27 surrender requests for cats and 77 surrender requests for dogs. The median time between a completed application to surrender appointment last week was 3 days for cats and 2.5 days for dogs. Same day emergency surrender appointments are available every day for situations that require immediate relinquishment.

Definitions:

• Last week: The period from Monday to Sunday ending on 03/23/2025.
• Previous week: The period from Monday to Sunday ending on 03/16/2025.
• Owner/Guardian Surrenders – Animals surrender to NHS by the legal owners of the animal.
• Strays – Animals found and turned into NHS without a clear owner.
• Good Samaritan Strays – Animals found and turned into NHS who are younger than 8 weeks of age and too young to stay in shelter for a stray hold.