There are some rumors going around about our shelter being one of the worst in Oregon with the highest euthanasia rate.  Here are comparisons for the 2000 figures gathered by the Oregon Humane Society.  As you can see, our shelter is 6th out of 24, and most of those with the lowest percentage are in the urban areas: Portland or Eugene.

	County	Shelter	Dogs in	Cats in	%euthanized
1	Josephine	Josephine Co Protection	1319	419	80.49%
2	Malheur	Atherton Kennels	1554	0	74.45%
3	Wasco	Wasco Co Animal Shelter	717	799	74.08%
4	Douglas	Douglas Co Animal Control	2367	3151	70.71%
5	Lane	Lane Co Animal Control	1439	1908	69.94%
6	Coos	Coos Co Animal Control	1409	1675	68.51%
7	Klamath	Klamath Falls Humane Soc	2420	1715	61.50%
8	Marion	HS of Willamette Valley	3659	6665	59.96%
9	Lincoln	Lincoln Co Animal Control	629	912	58.79%
10	Tillamook	Tillamook Vet Hospital	166	81	58.30%
11	Union	Blue Mountain Humane Assoc.	435	370	55.53%
12	Yamhill	Yamhill Co Dog Control	1404	1051	54.62%
13	Jackson	Jackson Co Animal Control	2737	2838	53.69%
14	Linn	Linn Co Dog Control	1208	131	50.04%
15	Clatsop	Clatsop Co Animal Control	388	431	42.12%
16	Multnomah	Oregon Humane Soc	3920	9073	40.21%
17	Washington	Washington Co Animal Shelter*	2861	2501	36.05%
18	Lane	Greenhill Humane Society	918	1886	35.66%
19	Crook	Humane Soc of Ochocos	521	365	34.76%
20	Multnomah	Multnoma Co Animal Control	3873	3179	34.44%
21	Benton	Heartland Humane Soc	757	1511	28.88%
22	Deschutes	Redmond Humane Soc	729	397	26.64%
23	Clackamas	Clackamas Co Dog Control	1901	23	25.68%
24	Deschutes	Humane Soc of Central OR	2159	1266	22.01%

*Except for the Coos info, all data is from http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/pets/stats.shtml  I noticed, however, that for most shelters, the numbers of animals in don't match the number out.  Mostly, the numbers are small, except for the Washington County Animal Shelter, where they seem to have almost 3000 missing animals!  I used only the disposition numbers in these tables.

Where our shelter stands out, however, is in how little is spent.  I was able to find online the budgets of most of the non-profit Humane Societies, and a number of the counties.  Many of the Humane Societies, of course, do more than just run a shelter, but not all do.  And even compared to other counties, Coos spends far less per animal. 

	County	Shelter	Shelter budget	$/animal
1	Coos	Coos Co Animal Control	$104,000	$34
2	Klamath	Klamath Falls Humane Soc	$166,529	$40
3	Jackson	Jackson Co Animal Control	$613,717	$110
4	Crook	Humane Soc of Ochocos	$123,022	$139
5	Josephine	Josephine Co Protection	$282,340	$162
6	Marion	HS of Willamette Valley	$1,706,080	$165
7	Washington	Washington Co Animal Shelter	$950,000	$177
8	Lane	Greenhill Humane Society	$533,846	$190
9	Benton	Heartland Humane Soc	$478,763	$211
10	Deschutes	Humane Soc of Central OR	$724,421	$212
11	Clatsop	Clatsop Co Animal Control	$180,635	$221
12	Deschutes	Redmond Humane Soc	$326,122	$290
13	Lane	Lane Co Animal Control	$1,009,747	$302
14	Union	Blue Mountain Humane Assoc.	$261,685	$325
15	Multnomah	Oregon Humane Soc	$6,000,000	$462

But, the County's budget for Animal Control used to be higher, and, although it went up last year, it's still only about $1 tax dollar per citizen per year.  That's up from 54 cents in 2000.  Most of the shelter's budget comes from licenses, fees and donations.  Notice that the cost of materials and services for the shelter has increased steadily, doubling over this time frame.  (Increase in number of animals handled, perhaps?) Also notice how much the County's revenue has increased over the same period.  (reference: www.co.coos.or.us/treasurer)

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