PRELIMINARY

PET OVERPOPULATION STUDY

9/20/04

Table of Contents

why the study was done p. 3

topics studied p. 3

statistics p. 3

sterilization statistics p. 3

source of dogs and cats p. 4

information collected by Virginia p. 5

cats p. 7

gas chambers p. 8

inspection reports p. 9

classified ads p. 10

animal control budgets p. 12

additional study topics p. 13

topics underway p. 13

topics not started p. 13

Appendix A1 – 2000 Statewide Summary Report p. 15

Appendix A2 – 2001 Statewide Summary Reports p. 16

Appendix A3 – 2002 Statewide Summary Reports p. 21

Appendix A4 – 2003 Statewide Summary Reports p. 26

Appendix B – Pounds Not Accepting Cats p. 31

Appendix C – Gas Chambers in Virginia p. 32

Appendix D1 – Public Pounds Inspection Dates (alphabetical) p. 33

Appendix D2 – Public Pounds Inspection Dates (chronological) p. 36

Appendix E – Washington Post Breeder Ads Spreadsheet p. 39

why the study was done

In January, 2004, we attempted to introduce legislation in the 2004 session of Virginia’s General Assembly. The legislation was to be sponsored by Senator H. Russell Potts and dealt with Virginia’s pet overpopulation. Feeling that a study should precede and validate the proposed legislation, Senator Potts sponsored SJR37, a study which would be conducted during the course of the year, funded by Donald Marro, and worked on in conjunction with the State Veterinarian. The effort failed, or more accurately, was “passed by”, so no action was taken on it.

A number of colleagues, upset at the complacency of the legislature regarding excess pet population in Virginia and the resulting deaths and cost to tax-payers, asked why we didn’t do the study anyway. We did.

The study has long ago been started. Enough is complete to support the proposed initiatives which were circulated as Food for Thought. However, this is a study which should be the topic of a Task Force in Virginia as so many new questions have emerged when working on the original issues.

topics studied

These topics below are thought to be the most significant in the study. However, other topics are part of the study and still under development, and some others should be included in a Phase II, or in work done by a Task Force.

statistics

The Humane Society of the United States, using statistics compiled from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (APPMA), reports that there are 65 million owned dogs and 77.6 million owned cats in the US.

sterilization statistics

Again from HSUS, 72% of owned dogs are spayed/neutered and 84% of owned cats are spay/neutered.

In Virginia, using figures from VDACS (Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) for the most recent year (2003) reported, 60,625 dogs were euthanized and 73,175 cats were euthanized. In addition, there were 1,238 dogs and 1,986 cats which “died in the facility”, meaning they were not euthanized but they died while in custody of public facilities, and the agony of their last days can only be imagined. In summary, 61,863 dogs and 75,161 cats entered the system alive, and left the system dead in 2003 alone. Nearly sixty-two thousand dogs. Seventy-five thousand cats.

– topics studied (cont.):

statistics (cont.):

sterilization statistics (cont.):

If it is accurate that 72% of dogs (and 84% of cats) are sterile, the question is why there are still more dogs/cats than homes. Current thinking says having a sterilization rate near 70% creates “equilibrium” – i.e., a balance between the births of dogs and cats and enough homes to welcome them. However, if the sterilization rate is even higher than the theoretical 70% equilibrium level and there is still no “equilibrium”, then the only plausible explanation is that too much breeding has defeated the theoretical equilibrium point which must now be higher than 70% or 72%.

If it is not accurate that 72% of dogs (and 84% of cats) are sterile, then we must determine what level of s/n and what amount of “breeder product” (i.e., puppies and kittens) is necessary to achieve equilibrium.

Where do the dogs and cats come from?

According to APPMA figures from the HSUS, only 18% of dogs (and 16% of cats) come from an animal shelter/pound/humane society.

Statistics frequently used report that 30% of dogs in Virginia’s system (pounds, shelters, and rescues) are purebreds.

This means that the remaining 70% in pounds/shelters/rescues are from owned dogs that were bred, but are not purebreds.

And the 30% of pound/shelter/rescue dogs that are purebred come from breeders without effective contracts regarding responsible ownership of the puppies they produce, and/or the breeder has declined responsibility for the unwanted puppies they produced and sold.

The goal is to achieve equilibrium without killing the excess as a way to control overpopulation.

This will happen when the number born is equal to the number that may be absorbed by responsible owners.

– topics studied (cont.):

statistics (cont.):

where do the dogs and cats come from? (cont.):

Using figures for 2003 from VDACS, 38,416 dogs and 29,758 cats were adopted from pounds/shelters/rescues.

If 38,416 dogs which were adopted is 18% of the total number of dogs, then the total number of dogs placed or sold was 213,422 in 2003.

The 213,422 dogs placed or sold in 2003 is an unacceptably high total since, for example, 45,309 dogs were given up by their owners, and 48,484 of strays were not reunited with their owners.

And 60,625 of the dogs in Virginia’s system in 2003 were killed.

Clearly, many more dogs (and cats) were produced than there were homes to take them and keep them.

information collected by Virginia and received from Virginia

The State Veterinarian collects companion animal data from all counties, cities, humane/SPCA groups, and rescues annually. The state then each year creates a report called the Statewide Summary Report. Attached are the reports for 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

The data lacks integrity. We found that the numbers are not consistently calculated by reporting entity. For instance, some places do not count pit bulls and some places do not count owner give-ups for euthanasia.

We also found that some places including some large ones simply do not report at all.

The 2003 report is online from the VDACS (Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) website; this is the third version of that report. In reviewing the original report, we noted calculation errors, reported that to VDACS, and subsequently VDACS put out a second version. We later also alerted VDACS to various entities which had not reported their information to the state. We were told yet another version of 2003 Statewide Summary Report would be created. That third version is now online and is the report we have used in this study. It is also the version in the appendix below.

– topics studied (cont.):

statistics (cont.):

information collected by Virginia (cont.):

To get state totals, reporting entities fill out a form. We FOIAed all the individual reports (reports from each county, city/town, humane society, and rescue) from 2000 to 2003 and VDACS graciously provided all that data to us, copying the original documents they had received. As a result, we have the information available for each reporting entity from 2000 forward and will be willing to share that information with you, or alternatively, you may seek it directly from VDACS. The categories of information that a county sends in, for example, mirror the categories on the final state total, so you are able to see how many dogs were euthanized in a given year in a given facility, how many died in the runs (a different category than the number euthanized), how many were adopted, how many were stray, and so on.

Note that there is no category in the VDACS reporting that asks about breed of dog (or cat), or its source, i.e., pet store, breeder, or backyard breeder.

Note further that the absence of uniform and comprehensive reporting means there has been no provable improvement in kill rates since 2000 when the reported kill number for dogs was 70,667, in 2001 was 65,315, was 59,396 in 2002, and in 2003 was 60,625.

Virginia code requires that facilities submit their animal records to the state. It is not clear how those who do not report, or who report with gross errors, are handled.

HSUS does not have statistics for Virginia, and so those provided by VDACS are the only numbers available.

- topics studied (cont.):

cats

Cats are not protected by Virginia law in the same way as are dogs. Publicly funded pounds are not required to take cats.

On April 7, 2004, we sent an email was sent to Dr. Butts, the State Veterinarian at VDACS:

“ Please tell me if a pound – a facility funded by Virginia – is out of compliance if it has no provision for cats.”

On the following day, Dr. David Cardin, the Deputy State Veterinarian, responded for Dr. Butts:

“ Sec. 3.1-796.96, Code of Virginia states:

‘A. The governing body of each county or city shall maintain or cause to be maintained a pound and shall require DOGS (capital letters from Dr. Cardin) running at large….to be contained therein. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the confinement of other companion animals in such a pound.’”

Dr. Cardin continued: “I am not aware of any other Code citation which addresses facility provisions for cats.”

We followed up with an email to Dr. Cardin on April 13, 2004:

“A county pound does not have to provide for companion animals other than dogs, and you sent me the legal language about that.

However, what if someone brings cats, or if cats are found to be abandoned, in those jurisdictions without provision for cats. What is legally acceptable to be done with the cats? What do you know to be typically done in such circumstances? ”

This email was not answered.

Using the information we received from VDACS with a FOIA, we were able to determine which public pounds do not accept cats. That list is an attachment to this document. We are still collecting information on the status of cats.

To illustrate further the plight of cats, see the attachment (Animal Records) described earlier in this document. Note that the number of cats that “die in the facility ” (different than “euthanized” ) and the number of cats euthanized is significantly higher than for dogs. Left unquantified is the number of cats killed inhumanely because pounds/shelters do not accept them.

- topics studied (cont.):

gas chambers

When VDACS was asked earlier this year if there was a list of facilities using gas chambers to euthanize dogs and cats, we were told there was no such list. However, VDACS offered that a page of the Inspection Report which is filled out when a facility, public or private, is inspected by VDACS, does have a category in the report regarding gas chambers.

VDACS generously offered to copy that portion of each Inspection Report so use of gas could be determined.

Between 25 and 28 facilities in Virginia have gas chambers. Because of changes in management of some facilities, the number is not exact. The information we have from VDACS regarding gas chambers is also attached to this document.

It has been suggested that the rationale for continuing the use of gas chambers is two-fold. In the one hand, it has been suggested that gas is cheaper. It is also suggested that in places where there is only one person involved in animal control work, a gas chamber is easier to use than other methods of euthanasia.

Another reason for using gas is a result of not understanding alternatives. The preferred method of euthanasia appears to be I/V, but some have declined moving to I/V for euthanasia because it was assumed that I/V euthanasia was administered by drip, much as a human gets it while lying in bed in a hospital.

Please note that Dr. David E. Cardin, the Deputy State Veterinarian of Virginia, is quoted in an article in the Chesterfield Observer of 8/11/04, in discussing the use of gas chambers versus injection, the “injection is the preferred method of euthanasia, according to the AVMA”, but “Virginia allows it, because the AVMA says it’s an acceptable method of euthanasia.”

Supporters of gas chambers contend that proper use of gas chambers is humane. However, there is no end of horrible and mind-searing stories about the use of gas chambers to kill dogs and cats, horrible either because of improper use, or because gas chambers are not intrinsically humane.

In addition, the liability any jurisdiction has to employees and volunteers working with an improperly functioning chamber is tremendous.

– topics studied (cont.):

inspection reports

While the focus of this study is on publicly funded facilities, all custodial facilities in Virginia – facilities which keep dogs and cats - are to be inspected but the frequency of inspection is not provided for by law.

Public (and private) facilities range from those in close to complete compliance with the law to those in flagrant violation of and disregard for Virginia’s animal laws.

Currently, inspections and failures of inspection have virtually no consequences. Inspectors are empowered to levy civil fines for a facility which is in violation of Virginia law. In reality, only one civil fine (for $139K) has been levied since the law has been in effect, and of the $139K, only $1K has been paid by the violating jurisdiction.

Using the same source of information that was used in compiling the list of places having gas chambers, a list of inspections conducted was compiled.

The lists attached (one chronological and one alphabetical) indicate the date of the last inspection by VDACS. This information was provided by the state and is good as of 6/3/04. It is likely that a few inspections have been conducted since that date.

Note that some facilities have not been inspected since January, 2002, and some, from records provided by the state, have not been inspected at all.

Evaluations of the inspection reports is difficult as several variations of reporting forms are used, inspectors do not necessarily indicate conditions in the same manner, and some categories are checked as done without visual confirmation of that particular category. A cover letter, written to the jurisdiction after an inspection, is often misleading regarding the contents of the actual inspection report, letting non-compliant jurisdictions feel they have received a very good report when that may not be the case.

– topics studied (cont.):

classified ads

The ads which appear in newspapers, the majority being in the Sunday edition of a daily paper, provide insight into just how big a business selling dogs and cats is, with many places to buy dogs and cats.

For our July meetings, we took a single issue of the Washington Post, that of Sunday, 7/11/04, and looked at the dogs for sale.

Some of this information was presented at our July meetings, but we have revisited the numbers. The spread sheet is attached.

On that day, 258 breeders advertised between 1200 and 1600 dogs for sale, the exact number being uncertain since litter sizes were often unspecified. Unless it specified the number, we counted the ad as offering four dogs (half the number HSUS states is a typical litter size).

In some ads, the price was provided. Where it was not, we either took an average of the prices for that breed, or used $750 if there was no advertised price for that breed of dog. Breeds without any price were all specialty breeds for which the actual price may have been higher.

Assuming each dog advertised was sold, the total amount would represent $527,176.25. Each dog on average would have sold for $625.

Looking at the Virginia Pilot on Sunday, 6/27/04, 218 dogs and 40 cats were advertised for sale. Looking at that same paper from 11/2003 through 6/2004 revealed that ads were from sellers in 15 different states, with 3026 ads from Virginia-based sellers and 714 ads from North Carolina-based sellers.

The most likely assumption, supported by the requirement for cash in many ads, is that virtually all these sales go unreported for income tax purposes, and it is assumed that few, if any, of these sellers have a business license. If in fact 100% of these sales are off the books, then a significant amount of revenue is not being taxed.

Taking it a step further, dogs move into Virginia’s pound/shelter/rescue system without accountability of the seller/producer, and a large percentage of these sales result in dogs/cats (or their progeny) being in the public pounds of Virginia at great expense to the taxpayers of Virginia.

– topics studied (cont.):

classified ads (cont.):

This aspect of the study warrants further work. We have now subscribed to over 40 papers published in Virginia to continue to investigate these sales. Not only is it important to ultimately determine how much revenue is uncollected, but it is important to see if other states are contributing to Virginia’s overpopulation, if other states are contributing to transmission of disease by transporting dogs over the Virginia state line without veterinarian check for health, and by determining whether these facilities, private or not, which have custody of dogs which are commercial breeding stock in Virginia, have been inspected by the State Veterinarian.

In addition, the study could continue pursuing this avenue by studying sales via the Internet.

Why is an analysis of advertising significant?

because if all dogs were licensed, for example, at $25 each, and if Virginia has 3% of the 65 million owned dogs in the US, license revenues would be $50 million per annum;

and if all 213,422 dogs sold in Virginia in 2003 were taxed at 6.5%, then some $8.5 million in tax revenues would be collected (213,422 x $600 average price per dog x 6.5%);

and if all breeders were licensed, for example, at $500 each, and if Virginia has 2000 breeders, breeder license revenues would be $1.0 million.

Taken together, the $59.5 million raised from dog licenses, breeder licenses, and sales tax would be enough to pay to spay/neuter all dogs in Virginia (based on an average surgery cost of $40 per animal and assuming 28% of all owned dogs are intact per HSUS) plus pay for all operating expenses of public pounds (approximately $32 million).

- topics studied (cont.):

animal control budgets

animal control officers

As a step in getting budget information an attempt to determine the number of ACOs employed by each jurisdiction has been made. As of early August, 2004, we believe there are some 378 animal control officers employed by Virginia’s various jurisdictions.

funding

We contacted each county, city, and/or town, to determine the amount of money spent on animal control in the most recent fiscal year.

In each jurisdiction, an attempt was made to determine what portion of the budget of animal control was used for prevention – i.e., spay/neuter. To date, none has been found.

We have found only a few jurisdictions report funds ($130,307) in their budgets as dedicated to s/n programs. However, on closer inspection, it appears those funds are from sources such as adoption and surgery fees collected by those adopting as well as funds from animal friendly license plate sales.

The issue is made more problematic since, in several cases, revenues from animal friendly car licenses appear to be mixed into the general budget of a given county, giving the appearance of coming from the tax base of that jurisdiction.

The same has been found to be true in several instances where fees from adopters both for the animal and for the cost of that animal’s sterilization appear to be funds coming from the tax base to pay for s/n rather than from funds generated by a portion of the public that pays to adopt and pays the sterilization fee for the adopted animal.

In addition, some jurisdictions have received license plate funding but are unable to report what has happened to the money, or say the money was used but not on s/n.

As of our overall calculations in August, 2004, Virginia spends nearly $32 million state-wide on animal control and impoundment. Note that the $32 million accounted for already does not include depreciation on buildings, mortgage interest, building maintenance, or capital improvements.

We have not been able to determine that there is a single jurisdiction spending taxpayer funds on prevention of the pet overpopulation problem, but only spending taxpayer funds to control the result.

additional study topics and their status

There are many topics which are under study as part of this effort, and there are other important topics which have not yet been attempted.

Here are study topics underway:

what happens with cats at pounds which do not accept them

voting records of members of the General Assembly over time regarding animal issues

methods of identifying and tracking dogs/cats

unique/successful s/n programs in VA

unique/successful s/n programs out of state

breeder licensing/regulations outside VA

ACOs: total employed; time on job, job turnover and reasons for leaving job; training; background used to determine fitness for employment with animals

identification of all rescue and animal welfare groups focusing on companion animals in Virginia

Here are study topics not yet started:

breeders in Virginia; identify individual breeders and also breeder groups

how does AKC (and other registries) impact overpopulation

what registries exist in addition to AKC and how do they differ

breeder contracts, placement procedures, return policies

puppy mills and pet stores

status of rabbits and other exotic companion animals

identification of veterinarians participating in low cost/high volume s/n programs

– additional study topics (cont.):

study topics not yet started (cont.):

identify public pounds with no corresponding humane society/spca/rescue in support of the animals

TNR programs in the state

identify public facilities with no computer access, resulting in at least an inability to list animals on Petfinder

programs to provide veterinarians tax credit or other compensation for participation in low cost/high volume s/n programs

results of the animal task force of 1999/2000

canvass each animal welfare group in Virginia and determine what is being done by their group re s/n

determine ethical and behavioral guidelines that public or private facilities provide to their employees and volunteers regarding acceptable conduct toward custodial animals

sources of s/n funding from large animal-focused organizations or large employers

Lillian Clancy and Donald Marro

9/20/04

Appendix A1 – 2000 Statewide Summary Report

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2000 Statewide Summary Report						January 1 – December 31, 2000
						Dr. William M. Sims, Jr. State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		8,631	80,364	4,799	2,172	47,649	8,918	1,660	154,193
Cats		7,079	49,199	1,124	1,873	49,723	5,573	1,585	116,156
Other Companion Animals		209	837	132	71	2,483	50	59	3,841
Hybrid Canines		10	10	1	10	12		10	53
Equine		73	69	62		41	4	10	259
Livestock		15	932	38		42	13	5	1,045
Poultry		162	319	69		269	58	2	879
TOTALS		16,179	131,730	6,225	4,126	100,219	14,616	3,331	276,426

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	6,807	6,918	6,646	20,371

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	25,139	38,562	10,324	1,634	449	1,489	70,667	671	3,761	152,696
Cats	2,759	35,218	6,801	166	17	1,242	71,959	345	3,585	122,092
Other Companion Animals	236	2,162	124	2		54	1,195	66	234	4,073
Hybrid Canines		9	8			2	19			38
Equine	103	66	2			1	24		58	254
Livestock	666	95	34		3	1	20	25	5	849
Poultry	136	246	37		2	35	66	181	157	860
TOTALS	29,039	76,358	17,330	1,802	471	2,824	143,950	1,288	7,800	280,862

Appendix A2 – 2001 Statewide Summary Reports

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2001 Statewide Summary Report All Reporting Entities						January 1 – December 31, 2001
						Dr. William M. Sims, Jr. State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		3,797	81,413	3,787	2,673	50,728	10,197	2,342	154,937
Cats		3,442	48,947	905	1,623	54,214	5,916	1,898	116,945
Other Companion Animals		124	821	86	16	2,853	61	71	4,032
Hybrid Canines		1	18	1	1	2	0	0	23
Equine		58	88	4	1	47	3	24	225
Livestock		10	518	101	5	44	7	3	688
Poultry		158	330	36	0	70	9	83	686
TOTALS		7,590	132,135	4,920	4,319	107,958	16,193	4,421	277,536

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	9,548	8,863	8,962	27,373

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	25,302	41,219	11,333	1,576	528	1,080	65,315	473	4,053	150,879
Cats	2,383	33,990	6,452	167	346	1,490	67,663	426	3,288	116,205
Other Companion Animals	181	1,830	139	11	6	82	1,475	40	156	3,920
Hybrid Canines	3	1	1	0	0	0	9	7	0	21
Equine	82	31	7	0	0	1	11	0	84	216
Livestock	453	164	18	2	0	4	25	11	9	686
Poultry	84	166	16	0	11	38	99	136	182	732
TOTALS	28,488	77,401	17,966	1,756	891	2,695	134,597	1,093	7,772	272,659

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2001 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Counties						January 1 – December 31, 2001
						Dr. William M. Sims, Jr. State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		1,225	44,425	2,539	1,876	24,741	1,119	380	76,305
Cats		648	17,775	325	962	20,289	14	264	40,277
Other Companion Animals		6	374	11	9	636	0	16	1,052
Hybrid Canines		1	16	1	1	0	0	0	19
Equine		1	80	3	0	4	0	0	88
Livestock		4	473	98	5	28	0	3	611
Poultry		5	129	9	0	35	3	43	224
TOTALS		1,890	63,272	2,986	2,853	45,733	1,136	706	118,576

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	2,425	1,472	2,264	6,161

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	12,131	13,811	6,752	94	247	568	37,531	173	1,191	72,498
Cats	648	8,265	3,302	77	3	724	26,085	89	542	39,735
Other Companion Animals	96	516	71	0	0	32	315	15	19	1,064
Hybrid Canines	3	1	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	17
Equine	77	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	83
Livestock	429	127	18	2	0	2	18	11	1	608
Poultry	52	73	10	0	4	4	49	22	0	214
TOTALS	13,436	22,795	10,157	173	254	1,330	64,004	317	1,753	114,219

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2001 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Cities						January 1 – December 31, 2001
						Dr. William M. Sims, Jr. State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		446	19,570	707	538	5,266	32	942	27,501
Cats		157	11,948	327	423	5,551	8	501	18,915
Other Companion Animals		10	210	18	7	113	0	22	380
Hybrid Canines		0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Equine		0	5	1	1	0	0	0	7
Livestock		1	42	1	0	1	0	0	45
Poultry		0	46	13	0	5	0	0	64
TOTALS		614	31,822	1,067	969	10,937	40	1,465	46,914

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	5,286	4,871	4,989	15,146

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	7,167	4,298	3,627	2	279	195	11,189	132	506	27,395
Cats	936	2,626	2,593	0	343	216	11,907	156	186	18,963
Other Companion Animals	26	130	21	0	6	16	140	8	27	374
Hybrid Canines	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Equine	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Livestock	21	18	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	46
Poultry	25	28	3	0	7	3	6	1	0	73
TOTALS	8,180	7,101	6,244	2	635	431	23,249	297	720	46,859

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2001 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Humane Societies						January 1 – December 31, 2001
						Dr. William M. Sims, Jr. State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		1,801	17,050	536	255	19,983	6,543	828	46,996
Cats		1,836	18,249	253	238	26,557	4,523	769	52,425
Other Companion Animals		85	233	57	0	2,056	47	27	2,505
Hybrid Canines		0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Equine		19	3	0	0	10	3	19	54
Livestock		5	3	2	0	15	7	0	32
Poultry		6	135	14	0	24	6	0	185
TOTALS		3,752	35,674	862	493	48,646	11,129	1,643	102,199

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	1,837	2,520	1,709	6,066

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	6,001	19,419	907	1,479	2	262	16,570	165	2,018	46,823
Cats	734	18,752	545	90	0	490	29,574	162	1,880	52,227
Other Companion Animals	59	1,134	47	0	0	32	1,020	17	87	2,396
Hybrid Canines	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Equine	0	14	0	0	0	1	5	0	31	51
Livestock	3	19	0	0	0	1	2	0	7	32
Poultry	7	65	3	0	0	3	32	113	9	232
TOTALS	6,804	39,403	1,503	1,569	2	789	47,204	457	4,032	101,763

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2001 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Rescue Groups						January 1 – December 31, 2001
						Dr. William M. Sims, Jr. State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		325	368	5	4	738	2,503	192	4,135
Cats		801	975	0	0	1,817	1,371	364	5,328
Other Companion Animals		23	4	0	0	48	14	6	95
Hybrid Canines		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equine		38	0	0	0	33	0	5	76
Livestock		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry		147	20	0	0	6	0	40	213
TOTALS		1,334	1,367	5	4	2,642	3,888	607	9,847

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	0	0	0	0

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	3	3,691	47	1	0	55	25	3	338	4,163
Cats	65	4,347	12	0	0	60	97	19	680	5,280
Other Companion Animals	0	50	0	11	0	2	0	0	23	86
Hybrid Canines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equine	0	14	3	0	0	0	6	0	53	76
Livestock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Poultry	0	0	0	0	0	28	12	0	173	213
TOTALS	68	8,102	62	12	0	145	140	22	1,267	9,818

Appendix A3 – 2002 Statewide Summary Reports

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2002 Statewide Summary Report All Reporting Entities						January 1 – December 31, 2002
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		4,038	76,847	3,964	1,719	45,397	15,172	3,619	150,756
Cats		3,858	44,937	870	1,699	49,218	7,943	4,155	112,680
Other Companion Animals		262	688	40	11	2,903	151	25	4,080
Hybrid Canines		0	9	1	2	2	1	0	15
Equine		84	52	16	0	35	15	0	202
Livestock		37	519	108	0	39	19	10	732
Poultry		202	176	29	0	224	37	13	681
TOTALS		8,481	123,228	5,028	3,431	97,818	23,338	7,822	269,146

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	7,533	6,029	9,976	23,538

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	27,389	39,602	15,395	2,211	185	1,375	59,396	538	3,976	150,067
Cats	4,522	29,939	9,586	92	10	1,561	61,156	601	4,406	111,873
Other Companion Animals	167	2,226	172	1	7	67	1,224	32	236	4,132
Hybrid Canines	6	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	15
Equine	59	40	3	0	0	1	18	0	81	202
Livestock	444	77	30	0	0	9	10	19	144	733
Poultry	8	148	40	0	1	45	65	63	312	682
TOTALS	32,595	72,033	25,226	2,304	203	3,058	121,877	1,253	9,155	267,704

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2002 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Counties						January 1 – December 31, 2002
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		1,232	43,444	2,446	1,039	19,923	1,496	408	69,988
Cats		502	16,738	396	779	17,198	22	226	35,861
Other Companion Animals		28	305	10	9	954	1	14	1,321
Hybrid Canines		0	9	0	1	0	0	0	10
Equine		1	51	14	0	9	0	0	75
Livestock		1	474	107	0	21	0	10	613
Poultry		2	46	2	0	67	1	9	127
TOTALS		1,766	61,067	2,975	1,828	38,172	1,520	667	107,995

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	2,946	1,234	2,812	6,992

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	11,853	12,947	9,072	1	178	630	33,528	178	1,060	69,447
Cats	648	6,846	4,415	0	7	500	22,315	165	336	35,232
Other Companion Animals	68	712	49	0	0	22	414	14	40	1,319
Hybrid Canines	4	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	10
Equine	54	10	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	75
Livestock	413	37	30	0	0	9	5	15	102	611
Poultry	4	52	23	0	1	2	30	7	5	124
TOTALS	13,044	20,605	13,592	1	186	1,163	56,299	379	1,549	106,818

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2002 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Cities						January 1 – December 31, 2002
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		498	17,623	953	495	5,885	2,533	340	28,327
Cats		239	11,653	103	579	4,954	2,108	125	19,761
Other Companion Animals		23	114	18	0	116	50	0	321
Hybrid Canines		0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
Equine		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Livestock		0	28	0	0	5	0	0	33
Poultry		0	23	21	0	1	0	0	45
TOTALS		760	29,442	1,097	1,075	10,962	4,691	465	48,492

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	3,107	1,827	5,277	10,211

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	7,829	4,150	5,327	0	0	334	9,847	252	414	28,153
Cats	803	1,944	4,630	0	0	247	11,267	229	578	19,698
Other Companion Animals	48	169	53	0	0	6	98	6	7	387
Hybrid Canines	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3
Equine	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Livestock	18	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	32
Poultry	1	10	6	0	0	0	3	1	21	42
TOTALS	8,702	6,283	10,016	0	0	587	21,218	491	1,020	48,317

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2002 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Humane Societies						January 1 – December 31, 2002
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		1,992	15,545	565	185	18,701	7,850	2,811	47,649
Cats		1,792	15,553	371	341	24,891	4,383	3,229	50,560
Other Companion Animals		95	258	12	2	1,744	58	10	2,179
Hybrid Canines		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Equine		30	0	1	0	3	13	0	47
Livestock		6	17	1	0	2	19	0	45
Poultry		9	90	6	0	12	35	0	152
TOTALS		3,924	31,463	956	528	45,354	12,359	6,050	100,634

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	1,479	2,715	1,887	6,081

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	7,702	18,373	935	2,208	7	326	15,960	105	2,046	47,662
Cats	3,050	16,816	251	92	3	665	27,481	103	2,005	50,466
Other Companion Animals	51	1,225	50	0	7	22	711	12	89	2,167
Hybrid Canines	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Equine	3	13	0	0	0	1	7	0	23	47
Livestock	13	30	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	49
Poultry	3	64	11	0	0	3	18	55	5	159
TOTALS	10,823	36,521	1,247	2,300	17	1,017	44,182	276	4,169	100,552

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2002 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Rescue Groups						January 1 – December 31, 2002
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		310	235	0	0	841	2,973	60	4,419
Cats		1,325	993	0	0	2,088	1,234	575	6,215
Other Companion Animals		116	11	0	0	89	42	1	259
Hybrid Canines		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equine		53	0	0	0	23	2	0	78
Livestock		30	0	0	0	11	0	0	41
Poultry		191	17	0	0	144	1	4	357
TOTALS		2,025	1,256	0	0	3,196	4,252	640	11,369

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	1	253	0	254

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	5	3,781	61	2	0	82	59	3	439	4,432
Cats	21	4,124	281	0	0	140	92	104	1,432	6,194
Other Companion Animals	0	120	20	1	0	17	1	0	100	259
Hybrid Canines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equine	0	17	0	0	0	0	9	0	52	78
Livestock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	41
Poultry	0	22	0	0	0	40	14	0	281	357
TOTALS	26	8,064	362	3	0	279	175	107	2,345	11,361

Appendix A4 – 2003 Statewide Summary Reports

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2003 Statewide Summary Report All Reporting Entities Revised 9/1/04						January 1 – December 31, 2003
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		4,106	77,169	4,762	2,271	45,309	13,916	3,519	151,052
Cats		3,486	49,944	1,312	1,396	57,808	10,263	6,530	130,739
Other Companion Animals		268	828	182	5	3,488	138	43	4,952
Hybrid Canines		4	4	2	1	5	1	2	19
Equine		65	51	12	0	26	3	6	163
Livestock		143	462	30	0	22	24	10	691
Poultry		342	172	22	0	395	17	6	954
TOTALS		8,414	128,630	6,322	3,673	107,053	24,362	10,116	288,570

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	9,067	8,652	9,944	27,663

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	28,685	38,416	13,898	2,495	416	1,238	60,625	546	3,878	150,197
Cats	7,145	29,758	9,712	59	315	1,986	73,175	556	3,761	126,467
Other Companion Animals	185	2,718	298	1	4	95	1,380	83	259	5,023
Hybrid Canines	7	0	4	0	0	0	8	0	1	20
Equine	53	22	0	0	0	1	11	0	72	159
Livestock	356	103	26	0	95	15	20	2	56	673
Poultry	32	243	29	0	0	113	61	20	285	783
TOTALS	36,463	71,260	23,967	2,555	830	3,448	135,280	1,207	8,312	283,322

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2003 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Counties Revised 9/1/04						January 1 – December 31, 2003
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		1,199	44,341	2,957	1,252	21,122	1,350	553	72,774
Cats		390	19,419	351	804	21,809	372	459	43,604
Other Companion Animals		46	323	54	4	946	26	7	1,406
Hybrid Canines		0	1	1	0	1	1	2	6
Equine		0	42	10	0	3	0	0	55
Livestock		100	420	10	0	12	1	6	549
Poultry		7	106	5	0	30	4	0	152
TOTALS		1,742	64,652	3,388	2,060	43,923	1,754	1,027	118,546

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	2,756	1,418	2,731	6,905

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	13.104	12,615	8,505	217	376	655	35,075	132	1,271	71,950
Cats	1,645	6,277	4,852	0	309	892	28,367	143	538	43,023
Other Companion Animals	49	945	72	0	0	17	321	10	28	1,442
Hybrid Canines	2	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	8
Equine	44	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	51
Livestock	333	62	25	0	95	12	17	0	8	552
Poultry	10	96	10	0	0	3	21	11	3	154
TOTALS	15,187	20,000	13,467	217	780	1,579	63,806	296	1,848	117,180

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2003 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Cities Revised 9/1/04						January 1 – December 31, 2003
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		463	18,140	990	792	5,219	2,555	249	28,408
Cats		134	12,226	504	374	5,582	2,548	188	21,556
Other Companion Animals		9	184	124	1	102	27	6	453
Hybrid Canines		0	3	0	0	2	0	0	5
Equine		0	8	0	0	0	0	0	8
Livestock		0	31	19	0	2	0	0	52
Poultry		0	39	17	0	1	0	0	57
TOTALS		606	30,631	1,654	1,167	10,908	5,130	443	50,539

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	4,088	3,115	4,166	11,369

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	8,013	5,678	4,183	0	1	201	10,116	211	410	28,813
Cats	706	4,458	4,199	0	0	210	11,188	143	158	21,062
Other Companion Animals	58	222	132	0	0	35	37	14	4	502
Hybrid Canines	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
Equine	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8
Livestock	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
Poultry	17	34	17	0	0	2	10	0	19	99
TOTALS	8,823	10,402	8,532	0	1	448	21,354	368	591	50,519

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2003 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Humane Societies Revised 9/1/04						January 1 – December 31, 2003
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		1,926	14,510	815	227	18,223	7,388	2,555	45,644
Cats		1,906	17,499	457	218	29,080	5,837	5,202	60,199
Other Companion Animals		110	312	4	0	2,320	54	30	2,830
Hybrid Canines		4	0	1	1	2	0	0	8
Equine		19	1	2	0	11	0	6	39
Livestock		2	11	1	0	3	22	4	43
Poultry		5	27	0	0	70	12	0	114
TOTALS		3,972	32,360	1,280	446	49,709	13,313	7,797	108,877

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	1,544	3,427	2,685	7,656

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	7,556	16,683	1,180	2,268	39	278	15,378	178	1,718	45,278
Cats	4,791	16,160	426	59	6	725	33,523	241	1,919	57,850
Other Companion Animals	78	1,414	89	0	4	33	1,018	57	122	2,815
Hybrid Canines	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	8
Equine	1	8	0	0	0	1	5	0	24	39
Livestock	3	31	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	43
Poultry	5	53	2	0	0	5	23	7	4	99
TOTALS	12,438	34,349	1,697	2,327	49	1,043	49,952	485	3,792	106,132

VDACS-03144 ADM (6/01)

	Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry Services - State Veterinarian’s Office P. O. Box 1163 - Richmond, VA 23218 Phone: 804-786-2481 Fax: 804-371-2380
2003 Statewide Summary Report Reporting Rescue Groups Revised 9/1/04						January 1 – December 31, 2003
						Donald W. Butts State Veterinarian
Species		Number Received
		A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
		On Hand January 1	Stray	Seized	Bite Cases	Surrendered by Owner	Received from another VA locality or facility	Others	TOTALS
Dogs		518	178	0	0	745	2,623	162	4,226
Cats		1,056	800	0	0	1,337	1,506	681	5,380
Other Companion Animals		103	9	0	0	120	31	0	263
Hybrid Canines		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equine		46	0	0	0	12	3	0	61
Livestock		41	0	0	0	5	1	0	47
Poultry		330	0	0	0	294	1	6	631
TOTALS		2,094	987	0	0	2,513	4,165	849	10,608

	Picked-up Dead	Relocated/Released	Euthanized	Total Handled
Wildlife	1	167	0	168

Manner/Method of Disposition
	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Species	Re-claimed by Owner	Adopted	Transferred to another VA locality or facility	Transferred to approved out-of-state facility	Transferred or Sold as stated in '3.1-796.96	Died in Facility	Euthanized	Misc.*	On Hand December 31	TOTALS
Dogs	12	3,440	30	10	0	104	56	25	479	4,156
Cats	3	2,863	235	0	0	159	97	29	1,146	4,532
Other Companion Animals	0	137	5	1	0	10	4	2	105	264
Hybrid Canines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Equine	0	9	0	0	0	0	4	0	48	61
Livestock	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	44	47
Poultry	0	60	0	0	0	103	7	2	259	431
TOTALS	15	6,509	271	11	0	378	168	58	2,081	9,491

Appendix B – Publicly Funded Pounds That Don’t Accept Cats

County/City

Bland County

Brunswick County

Buckingham County[1]

Charlotte County

Covington City[2]

Craig County[3]

Cumberland County[4]

Floyd County[5]

Fredericksburg City

Giles County[6]

Greene County[7]

Highland County

King William County[8]

Lee County

Martinsville City[9]

Montgomery County

Northumberland County[10]

Norton City[11]

Page County

Prince Edward County[12]

Rappahannock County

Richmond County

Scott County

Southampton County

Surry County[13]

Sussex County[14]

Waynesboro City[15]

Westmoreland County

Wythe County

Appendix C – Gas Chambers in Virginia

Appomattox County

Bath County

Buchanan County*

Buckingham County

Charlotte County

Chesterfield County

Cumberland County

Floyd County

Franklin City

Franklin County

Gloucester-Matthews Humane Society

Greensville County/Emporia City Pound

Isle of Wight County

Lee County

Martinsville City*[16]

Montgomery County

Pittsylvania County

Prince Edward County

Prince George County

Pulaski County

Salem City

Scott County

Southampton County

Sussex County

Vinton City[17]

Wythe County

Wytheville City[18]

* gas chambers were the primary/sole means of euthanasia at this location at the time of the inspection

Source: Virginia State Veterinarian’s Office Inspection Reports as of 6/3/04

Appendix D1 – Public Pounds Inspection Dates (alphabetical)

Alleghany Humane Society	1/14/04
Amelia County Animal Pound	6/18/03
Amherst County Humane Society	1/10/03
Animal Welfare League of Alexandria	6/23/03
Animal Welfare League of Arlington[19]	10/29/03
Appomattox County Pound	5/4/04
Bath County Animal Pound	3/19/03
Bedford City Animal Pound	3/13/03
Bedford County Animal Pound	5/21/03
Bristol Humane Society[20]	not inspected as of 6/3/04
Brunswick County Animal Pound	4/1/03
Buchanan County Animal Shelter	11/8/02
Buckingham County Animal Pound	3/4/04
Campbell County Animal Pound	1/7/03
Caroline County Animal Shelter	3/13/03
Charles City County Animal Shelter	8/28/03
Charlotte County Animal Pound	5/4/04
Charlottesville/Albemarle SPCA[21]	7/1/03
Chesapeake City Animal Control Bureau	5/6/04
Chesterfield County Animal Pound	5/22/03
Clarke County Animal Shelter	5/28/03
Colonial Heights Animal Control Shelter	6/7/02
Culpeper County Dept. of Animal Services	5/4/04
Cumberland County Animal Pound	2/12/03
Danville City Humane Society	11/13/02
Dickenson County Animal Shelter	11/14/02
Dinwiddie County Animal Pound	1/19/02
Eastern Shore SPCA	7/30/03
Essex County Pound[22]	1/7/04
Fairfax City Animal Shelter	4/30/03
Fairfax County Animal Shelter	3/5/03
Fauquier County Animal Shelter[23]	5/4/04
Floyd County Animal Shelter	1/10/03
Fluvanna County SPCA	11/19/03
Franklin City Animal Control Shelter	8/23/02
Franklin County Animal Shelter[24]	1/22/03
Frederick County Animal Shelter	4/14/03
Fredericksburg SPCA	5/6/03
Galax-Carroll-Grayson Animal Shelter	1/13/03
Giles County Animal Shelter	12/17/02
Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society[25]	6/24/03
Goochland County Pound	7/8/03
Greene County Pound	1/30/04
Greensville County/Emporia City Pound	3/5/04
Halifax County Animal Pound	10/29/03
Hanover County Animal Pound	8/8/03
Henrico County Pound	7/15/03
Henry County Animal Shelter	6/4/03
Highland County SPCA	3/19/03
Hopewell City Animal Control Shelter	6/6/02
Hopewell Humane Society	6/20/02
Isle of Wight County Animal Pound	1/13/03
James City County/Williamsburg Pound[26]	1/21/04
King and Queen County Pound	2/4/04
King George County Animal Shelter	11/14/03