Animal Statistics

About

West Valley Humane Society is aiming to make its data both transparent and accessible. This data is a clear and objective measure of the number of animals in need in our community, as well as the shelter’s coordinated efforts to secure live release placement for them.

Reviewing the below data, please be sure to note the number of impounds, a reflection of how many homeless animals were seeking refuge. In comparison, please observe the increasing live release rates each year, a reflection of the shelter’s concerted work to find responsible, lasting placement for these animals in need.

The live release is calculated by dividing the number of live outcomes (adoptions, relocations, rescue placements, reclaims and missing) by the total number of outcomes (excluding the categories of owner requested humane euthanasia and disposals/transfers of deceased animals). To learn more about the methodology of calculating our save rate, click here.

Annual Reports

To reference how this data compares throughout the state and country, please visit Shelter Animals Count, a national database of shelter animal statistics that West Valley Humane Society contributes to.

Shelter Animals Count

2024 Save Rates

Dog Save Rate

89.9%

Cat Save Rate

87.2%

Total Save Rate

88.6%

Category	SubCategory	Adult	Under 5mo	Age Unknown	Total
Dog
Live Intake
	Stray/At Large	688	119	27	834
	Relinquished by Owner	214	64	0	278
	Transfer In	11	0	1	12
	Owner Request Euthanasia	63	0	2	65
	Impound/Seizure	788	62	51	901
	Other Intakes	43	75	0	118
Total Live Intakes	Total	1807	320	81	2208
Live Outcome
	Adoption	898	232	4	1134
	Return to Owner	508	11	23	542
	Transfer Out	191	31	28	250
	Other Live Outcome	38	7	0	45
Subtotal	Total	1635	281	55	1971
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	13	19	0	32
	Lost in Care	1	0	0	1
	Shelter Euthanasia	90	8	25	123
	Owner Request Euthanasia	65	0	2	67
	Total	169	27	27	223
Total Outcomes	Total	1805	308	82	2195
Cat
Live Intakes
	Stray/At Large	432	705	164	1301
	Transfer In	33	19	2	54
	Relinquished by Owner	149	47	0	196
	Owner Request Euthanasia	23	2	0	25
	Impound/Seizure	24	19	8	51
	Other Intakes	15	63	0	78
Total Live Intakes	Total	676	855	174	1705
Live Outcome
	Adoption	349	672	3	1024
	Return to Owner	8	3	1	12
	Transfer Out	26	22	6	54
	Return to Field	224	24	137	385
	Other Live Outcome	15	4	0	19
Subtotal	Total	622	725	147	1494
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	9	33	6	48
	Lost in Care	1	4	1	6
	Shelter Euthanasia	54	62	20	136
	Owner Request Euthanasia	26	2	0	28
Subtotal	Total	90	101	27	218
Total Outcomes	Total	712	826	174	1712

2023 Save Rates

Dog Save Rate

94.8%

Cat Save Rate

94.1%

Total Save Rate

94.5%

Category	SubCategory	Adult	Under 5mo	Age Unknown	Total
Dog
Live Intake
	Stray/At Large	714	198	4	916
	Relinquished by Owner	383	113	3	499
	Transfer In	60	9	0	69
	Owner Request Euthanasia	134	0	1	135
	Impound/Seizure	1190	105	21	1316
	Other Intakes	702	517	4	1223
Total Live Intakes	Total	3183	942	33	4158
Live Outcome
	Adoption	1412	499	1	1912
	Return to Owner	804	19	7	830
	Transfer Out	93	12	0	105
	Other Live Outcome	652	344	3	999
Subtotal	Total	2961	874	11	3846
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	7	35	0	42
	Lost in Care	0	0	0	0
	Shelter Euthanasia	71	13	20	104
	Owner Request Euthanasia	129	0	1	130
	Total	207	48	21	276
Total Outcomes	Total	3172	926	32	4130
Cat
Live Intakes
	Stray/At Large	1106	838	19	1963
	Transfer In	18	7	0	25
	Relinquished by Owner	169	31	0	200
	Owner Request Euthanasia	42	0	1	43
	Impound/Seizure	34	22	2	58
	Other Intakes	407	418	3	828
Total Live Intakes	Total	1776	1316	25	3117
Live Outcome
	Adoption	426	877	0	1303
	Return to Owner	9	11	0	20
	Transfer Out	24	12	13	49
	Return to Field	838	133	5	976
	Other Live Outcome	383	170	2	555
Subtotal	Total	1680	1203	20	2903
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	5	23	0	28
	Lost in Care	0	0	0	0
	Shelter Euthanasia	70	56	4	130
	Owner Request Euthanasia	39	0	1	40
Subtotal	Total	114	79	5	198
Total Outcomes	Total	1796	1282	25	3103

2022 Save Rates

Dog Save Rate

94.1%

Cat Save Rate

91.7%

Total Save Rate

93%

Category	SubCategory	Adult	Under 5mo	Age Unknown	Total
Dog
Live Intake
	Stray/At Large	693	131	3	827
	Relinquished by Owner	473	85	0	558
	Transfer In	183	82	0	265
	Owner Request Euthanasia	122	1	1	124
	Impound/Seizure	1170	98	9	1277
	Other Intakes	787	422	1	1210
Total Live Intakes	Total	3428	819	14	4261
Live Outcome
	Adoption	1574	450	1	2025
	Return to Owner	845	21	2	868
	Transfer Out	35	0	0	35
	Other Live Outcome	765	243	1	1009
Subtotal	Total	3219	714	4	3937
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	8	16	0	24
	Lost in Care	0	0	0	0
	Shelter Euthanasia	79	14	9	102
	Owner Request Euthanasia	124	0	1	125
	Total	211	30	10	251
Total Outcomes	Total	3432	745	14	4191
Cat
Live Intakes
	Stray/At Large	1098	867	64	2029
	Transfer In	16	0	1	17
	Owner Request Euthanasia	39	0	0	39
	Relinquished by Owner	239	73	0	312
	Impound/Seizure	31	12	5	48
	Other Intakes	415	479	10	904
Total Live Intakes	Total	1838	1431	80	3349
Live Outcome
	Adoption	505	891	3	1399
	Return to Owner	21	8	0	29
	Transfer Out	461	21	19	501
	Return to Field	329	67	39	435
	Other Live Outcome	415	252	10	677
Subtotal	Total	1731	1239	71	3041
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	3	26	2	31
	Lost in Care	0	0	0	0
	Shelter Euthanasia	115	82	7	204
	Owner Request Euthanasia	44	0	0	44
Subtotal	Total	162	108	9	279
Total Outcomes	Total	1894	1347	80	3321

2021 Save Rates

Dog Save Rate

93.5%

Cat Save Rate

91.4%

Total Save Rate

92.6%

Category	SubCategory	Adult	Under 5mo	Age Unknown	Total
Dog
Live Intake
	Stray/At Large	649	121	0	770
	Relinquished by Owner	556	140	0	696
	Transfer In	248	121	0	369
	Owner Request Euthanasia	138	0	1	139
	Impound/Seizure	1064	68	7	1139
	Other Intakes	99	46	1	146
Total Live Intakes	Total	2754	496	9	3259
Live Outcome
	Adoption	1576	413	0	1989
	Return to Owner	858	20	4	882
	Transfer Out	33	2	0	35
	Other Live Outcome	98	1	1	100
Subtotal	Total	2565	436	5	3006
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	6	19	1	26
	Lost in Care	0	4	0	4
	Shelter Euthanasia	44	9	2	55
	Owner Request Euthanasia	127	0	1	128
	Total	177	32	4	213
Total Outcomes	Total	2742	468	9	3219
Cat
Live Intakes
	Stray/At Large	1034	593	31	1658
	Transfer In	15	5	1	21
	Owner Request Euthanasia	53	1	0	54
	Relinquished by Owner	234	103	0	337
	Impound/Seizure	15	7	2	24
	Other Intakes	143	171	0	314
Total Live Intakes	Total	1494	880	34	2408
Live Outcome
	Adoption	505	623	0	1128
	Return to Owner	17	4	0	21
	Transfer Out	707	83	28	818
	Return to Field	3	0	0	3
	Other Live Outcome	142	60	0	202
Subtotal	Total	1374	770	28	2172
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	6	14	1	21
	Lost in Care	1	2	0	3
	Shelter Euthanasia	76	57	5	138
	Owner Request Euthanasia	45	1	0	46
Subtotal	Total	128	74	6	208
Total Outcomes	Total	1502	844	34	2380

2020 Save Rates

Dog Save Rate

92.9%

Cat Save Rate

79%

Total Save Rate

88.2%

Category	SubCategory	Adult	Under 5mo	Age Unknown	Total
Dog
Live Intake
	Stray/At Large	628	84	0	712
	Relinquished by Owner	498	114	0	612
	Transfer In	224	82	0	306
	Owner Request Euthanasia	113	0	0	113
	Impound/Seizure	881	52	0	933
	Other Intakes	58	87	1	146
Total Live Intakes	Total	2402	419	1	2822
Live Outcome
	Adoption	1447	371	0	1818
	Return to Owner	709	20	0	729
	Transfer Out	60	1	0	61
	Other Live Outcome	75	4	2	81
Subtotal	Total	2291	396	2	2689
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	6	13	0	19
	Lost in Care	2	0	0	2
	Shelter Euthanasia	41	2	0	43
	Owner Request Euthanasia	137	0	0	137
	Total	186	15	0	201
Total Outcomes	Total	2477	411	2	2890
Cat
Live Intakes
	Stray/At Large	367	477	21	865
	Transfer In	41	16	9	66
	Relinquished by Owner	129	70	3	202
	Owner Request Euthanasia	39	0	0	39
	Impound/Seizure	74	40	2	116
	Other Intakes	46	89	6	141
Total Live Intakes	Total	696	692	41	1429
Live Outcome
	Adoption	382	534	0	916
	Return to Owner	16	1	0	17
	Transfer Out	77	27	12	116
	Return to Field	87	20	7	114
	Other Live Outcome	36	4	6	46
Subtotal	Total	598	586	25	1209
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	7	13	0	20
	Lost in Care	17	14	0	31
	Shelter Euthanasia	107	84	14	205
	Owner Request Euthanasia	41	1	2	44
Subtotal	Total	172	112	16	300
Total Outcomes	Total	770	698	41	1509

2019 Save Rates

Dog Save Rate

91.7%

Cat Save Rate

54.1%

Total Save Rate

72.1%

Category	SubCategory	Adult	Under 5mo	Age Unknown	Total
Dog
Live Intake
	Stray/At Large	990	124	0	1114
	Relinquished by Owner	866	101	0	967
	Transfer In	179	44	0	223
	Owner Request Euthanasia	152	1	2	155
	Impound/Seizure	1109	75	0	1184
	Other Intakes	108	89	1	198
Total Live Intakes	Total	3404	434	3	3841
Live Outcome
	Adoption	1900	404	0	2304
	Return to Owner	1027	20	0	1047
	Transfer Out	88	25	0	113
	Other Live Outcome	107	4	0	111
Subtotal	Total	3122	433	0	3555
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	13	12	0	25
	Lost in Care	1	0	0	1
	Shelter Euthanasia	90	4	0	94
	Owner Request Euthanasia	194	2	2	198
	Total	298	18	2	318
Total Outcomes	Total	3420	451	2	3873
Cat
Live Intakes
	Stray/At Large	1054	1758	57	2869
	Transfer In	41	23	3	67
	Owner Request Euthanasia	69	1	5	75
	Relinquished by Owner	479	207	4	690
	Impound/Seizure	25	12	3	40
	Other Intakes	134	310	18	462
Total Live Intakes	Total	1802	2311	90	4203
Live Outcome
	Adoption	815	954	2	1771
	Return to Owner	23	2	0	25
	Transfer Out	207	64	29	300
	Return to Field	59	11	9	79
	Other Live Outcome	147	13	16	176
Subtotal	Total	1251	1044	56	2351
Other Outcomes
	Died in Care	15	96	3	114
	Lost in Care	14	12	0	26
	Shelter Euthanasia	561	1048	32	1641
	Owner Request Euthanasia	124	14	8	146
Subtotal	Total	714	1170	43	1927
Total Outcomes	Total	1965	2214	99	4278

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Annual Reports

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2020 Save Rates

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2019 Save Rates

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