The shelters we’ve used so far as yardsticks for AWLA — Tompkins County SPCA, Nevada Humane Society, Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA, and Richmond SPCA — are committed to animal-outcomes transparency, so they use the standard Animal Statistics Table produced by Maddies Fund to aggregate their annual results, then post the completed table on their websites.
Our previous comparisons [...]
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Yardsticks: Recap
Posted in Yardsticks on February 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yardsticks: AWLA vs. Richmond SPCA
Posted in Principles, Yardsticks on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The City of Richmond in central Virginia has the same population as Arlington County, distributed over a geographic area more than twice as large. Per capita income for the City of Richmond is about 75% that of Arlington.
Richmond Animal Care and Control and Richmond SPCA perform animal control and animal sheltering for the City [...]
Fee Waivers Boost Cat Adoptions
Posted in AWLA Policies, Yardsticks on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A reader sent this link to a USA Today story about shelters that have waived adoption fees for some or all cats and seen dramatic increases in adoption rates:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/pets/2010-01-03-cat-adoptions_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
This is something AWLA should try for cats that have spent more than a few weeks on view at the shelter (though to avoid scammers, it should [...]
Yardsticks: AWLA vs. Charlottesville SPCA
Posted in Yardsticks on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Situated in central Virginia, Albemarle County contains the city of Charlottesville and several smaller towns. Albemarle County has about 90% the population and 80% the per-capita income of Arlington County. Probably because it’s much larger geographically, (726 square miles vs. 26 square miles), Albemarle County has many more homeless dogs and cats [...]
Yardsticks: AWLA vs. Nevada Humane Society
Posted in Yardsticks on November 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Washoe County occupies the northwest corner of Nevada and contains the cities of Reno and Sparks, along with smaller towns in the surrounding valleys. Washoe County has roughly twice the population and three-quarters the per-capita income of Arlington County.
In conjunction with Washoe County Animal Control, the Nevada Humane Society operates the Washoe County Regional Animal [...]
Yardsticks: AWLA vs. TC SPCA
Posted in Yardsticks on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tompkins County, NY includes the city of Ithaca and its surrounding townships, and has about half the population and two-thirds the per-capita income of Arlington County, VA.
Tompkins County SPCA performs essentially the same services for Tompkins County that AWLA performs for Arlington County.
Let’s compare animal outcomes for AWLA and Tompkins County SPCA. The AWLA numbers [...]
Finding Yardsticks for AWLA
Posted in Yardsticks on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of our goals is to measure Arlington’s animal shelter against the best-managed shelters in the country. What shelters are doing the best job, and how are they doing it?
We’d greatly appreciate any statistics (on animal intake/adoption/euthanization rates), contact info, or links to articles or websites you can contribute. Please post any leads [...]
