BARC ANIMAL SHELTER AND ADOPTIONS



Archive Statistics and Reports

The Save Rate looks at how many animals were saved based upon the intake of animals. Unlike the Live Release Rate, it does not allow for the exclusion of any outcomes so and it does count animals that were currently in custody. It simply shows the percentage of the animals taken in that were NOT euthanized.
The Save Rate formula = (Live Intakes - Other Outcome)/Live Intakes

Please note:
Other Intakes = Impounds for cruelty cases and protective custody and pets born while in care.
Other Live Outcomes = Barn Cat and TNR/ RTF programs


The Asilomar Accords uses a set of criteria, definitions, a statistics table for tracking shelter populations. The Asilomar Accords Live Release Rate formula is used for determining live release rates in shelters. As the name states, the formula only accounts for animals positively outcome by the shelter – with the exception of animals that either go missing or died while in custody, or are given euthanasia at the request of a relinquishing owner where the animal has been classified as “unhealthy” and “untreatable.”  The LRR formula also takes into account the starting animal inventory for the reporting period as some of the animals outcomed may have been taken in prior to the start of the reporting period.

To understand more about the definitions, terminologies and criteria in the Asilomar Accords, go to www.shelteranimalscount.org/

Live Release Rate Formula = Total Live Animal Outcomes / (All Outcomes - Unhealthy/Untreatable Owner Requested Euthanasia)

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