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WELCOME! Adams County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center Community Presentation March 2017 1 Presentation Intent What We Do as a Shelter Now Why a New Shelter? New Shelter Location, Features & Amenities How the New Shelter


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WELCOME!

Adams County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center

Community Presentation March 2017

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Presentation Intent

  • What We Do as a Shelter Now
  • Why a New Shelter?
  • New Shelter Location, Features & Amenities
  • How the New Shelter Will Benefit Our

Community

  • Answer Your Questions
  • Listen to Your Feedback

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Our Purpose

  • Providing Safe Shelter
  • Easing Pain & Suffering
  • Connecting & Reuniting

People with Pets

  • Protecting People & Pets
  • Reducing Homelessness &

Overpopulation

  • Promoting Animal Welfare
  • Saving Lives

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  • Adoptions
  • Lost and Found
  • Owner Surrenders
  • End of Life Services
  • Holding and Care for Animal Control
  • Pet Licensing and Microchips
  • Low-Cost Vaccination Clinics
  • Veterinary Care for Shelter Animals

Our Primary Services

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Supporting Public Health and Safety

  • Vaccinations
  • Spay /Neuter
  • Rabies Quarantines
  • Bite Holds
  • Protective Custody
  • Large-Scale Impounds
  • Evacuation Site for Pets

Impacted by Disasters

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Types of Animals We Take In

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2016 Shelter High Fives

  • 5, 516 New Animals Came into Our Shelter
  • 5, 683 Total Animals Sheltered
  • 2,296 Animals Adopted
  • 1,470 Lost Animals Reunited
  • 2,892 Public Animals Vaccinated
  • 84.3% Save Rate
  • 13,300 Volunteer Service Hours

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More About Us

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  • Open 7 days per Week
  • Take In and Care for Animals 365 Days Per Year
  • 26 Full time Staff
  • Volunteer and Foster Program
  • Part of Metro Denver Animal Welfare Alliance (MDAWA)
  • Open Admissions Facility
  • Regulated by PACFA
  • Contract with 6 Municipalities

in Adams County

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“Great Animal Care, Requires Great People Care, Because People Care Greatly About Animals.”

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220 Volunteers, 46 Fosters

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So Why A New Shelter?

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Growth in Adams County

Residents 2015: 469,193 2020: 545,237 2025: 603, 716 Animals 2015: 220,400 2020: 256,252 2025: 285,747

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Evolution of Animal Welfare

1970s

  • “Dog Pounds”
  • High Euthanasia Rates
  • $800 million spent
  • Out of Site, Hidden
  • Impound Focus

Present Day

  • “Adoption Centers”
  • Most Animals Saved
  • $2,400 million spent
  • Visible, Welcoming
  • Community Focus

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Trends in Animal Sheltering

  • Greater Public Awareness of Animal Welfare
  • More People Adopting from Animal Shelters
  • Professional Standards and Regulations
  • Increasing Medical and Behavioral Needs
  • Mass Intakes and Hoarding Cases
  • Legislation to Protect Animals

“….expected to look like a shopping center and perform like a hospital, all while maintaining a secure facility.”

  • -Animal Sheltering Magazine, Nov/Dec 2014

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Table Mountain Animal Center (TMAC)

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(FAS) Foothills Animal Shelter

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Table Mountain Animal Center

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Foothills Animal Shelter

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Table Mountain Animal Center

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Foothills Animal Shelter

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Impact of New Facility

2009 2011 2014 Growth Animal Save Rate 74% 75% 92% 24% Intake* 9,387 9,554 10,076 5% Total Adoptions 3,694 3,880 6,458 66% Volunteer Hours 21,288 22,218 33,036 49%

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Facility Improvements at other Shelters

New Shelter Facilities

2010: Foothills Animals Shelter (Jefferson County) 2011: Denver Animal Shelter (City/County of Denver) 2018: Larimer Humane Society (Larimer County)

Renovations

2016: Humane Society of Pikes Peak (Colorado Springs) In Progress: Denver Dumb Friends League (Denver) In Progress: Longmont Humane Society (Boulder)

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Adams County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center Current Facility

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Impacts On Serving the Public

  • Adoption and Intake Not Separated
  • Lacks Private Counseling Areas
  • Lacks Community Room
  • Inadequate Visiting Rooms and Yards
  • Lacks Warmth, Institutional Feel
  • Not Enough Public Parking
  • Difficult to Attract Retain Staff/Volunteers

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Adams County Animal Shelter

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Building Deficiencies

  • Air Circulation Below 10-12 Exchanges Per Hour
  • Lacks Noise Abatement
  • Open Ceiling Design
  • Lighting Below Industry Standards
  • Undersized Health Clinic
  • Outdated Kennel and Animal Housing Spaces
  • Animals Housed Too Close Each Other
  • Lacks Housing for Small Mammals, Exotics

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Falling Out of Line with Modern Standards

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Location of ACASAC

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Location Challenges

  • Lack Green Space, Trails or Sidewalks
  • Not a People or Pet Friendly Area
  • Lack of Visibility
  • Hard to Find
  • Breed Ban
  • Safety Issues
  • Noise

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Shelter Services

Now

  • Adoptions
  • Lost & Found
  • Surrenders
  • Spay-Neuter (shelter animals
  • nly)
  • End of Life
  • Low-Cost Vaccine Clinics
  • Serve 6 cities/towns + Unincorp

Adams County

  • Evacuation Site
  • Licensing and Microchips

Future All Current Services Expanded and…  Humane Education for Youth  Outreach to Underserved  Behavior Training / Support  Public Spay and Neuter  Post Adoption Support  Intern and Student Programs

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Our New Vision

  • Transform Perception of the Shelter
  • Setting the Bar for Animal Welfare
  • Saving Lives through Environment, Engagement and

Education

  • Durable, Sustainable, Maintainable Structure that

Evolves with the Times

  • Source of Community Pride
  • Genesis to the Transformation of Regional Park

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  • Generational

Impact

  • Community

Engagement

  • Expanded

Health Care Services

  • Animal

Sheltering Excellence

Modern, Sound Facility Low-cost Spay- Neuter Humane Education Serve Our Citizens

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