Everman animal services reports higher intake, outlines limited TNR pilot

At the Dec. 9 council meeting, the Everman animal-services representative (Speaker 7) reported shelter activity for November and described field operations.

Speaker 7 said the shelter took in 53 dogs in November, 18 of which came from Everman, and 20 cats (three from Everman). The department’s mobile adoption efforts found homes for 17 dogs, and return-to-owner and transfer-to-rescue efforts moved additional animals. "Our healthy adoptable dogs, we had 17 of them, and out of the 17 we had a 100% live release rate," Speaker 7 said.

On cats, Speaker 7 said tiered live-release rates varied (tier 1 cats at 100%, tier 3 feral cats at 53%), and that the shelter received 1,613 phone calls in the report period — an increase of about 40% from last year. The department described a limited trap-neuter-return (TNR) approach, capturing a few cats in targeted neighborhoods, spaying/neutering and returning them to reduce reproduction locally.

The council did not take formal action on animal-services items during the meeting; staff will continue operations and report outcomes as the pilot proceeds.