HUMANE SOCIETY OF FREMONTCOUNTY INC

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF FREMONT COUNTY (HSFC)IS AN OPEN ADMISSION SHELTER THAT PROVIDES ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL SERVICES TO NINE DIFFERENT COLORADO MUNICIPALITIES: FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, THE CITIES OF CANON CITY AND FLORENCE, AND THE TOWNS OF CANON CITY AND FLORENCE, AND THE TOWNS OF ROCKVALE, WILLIAMSBURG, WESTCLIFFE AND SILVER CLIFF, COLORADO. EACH OF THE ABOVE NINE MUNICIPALITIES INDEPENDENTLY CONTRACTED WITH HSFC. ALL NINE OF OUR ANIMAL CONTRACTS ACCOUNT FOR 21% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET, MEANING THAT 79% OF OUR ENTIRE BUDGET WAS RAISED THROUGH PRIVATE DONATIONS. IN 2024 THE HSFC ADMITTED 873 LIVE ANIMALS, INCLUDING 601 CANINES, 268 FELINES AND FOUR OTHERS. THIS REPRESENTS A 14% DECREASE FROM 2023, WHEN WE RECORDED 1,015 LIVE ADMISSIONS. OUT OF THE 873 ADMISSIONS, 333 (38%) WERE BROUGHT IN BY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; HOWEVER, REVENUE GENERATED THROUGH CONTRACTS CONSTITUTED ONLY 21% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET FOR THE YEAR. RESIDENTS BROUGHT 522 ANIMALS TO THE SHELTER AS STRAYS OR OWNER SURRENDERS, WHICH REPRESENTS 60% OF THE TOTAL. THE HSFC SUCCESSFULLY REUNITED 364 PETS WITH THEIR OWNERS, ACHIEVING A RECLAIM RATE OF 42%.ADDITIONALLY, WE ADOPTED OUT 380 ANIMALS, RESULTING IN A 44% ADOPTION RATE. WE ALWAYS CALCULATE TWO SEPERATE LIVE RELEASE (SAVE) RATES TO GUARANTEE COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY. ONE DATASET INCLUDES OWNER-REQUESTED EUTHANASIA, WHEREAS THE OTHER EXCLUDES IT. FOR 2024, THE LIVE RELEASE RATE THAT INCLUDES OWNER EUTHANASIA IS 97.59% COMPARED TO A SAVE RATE OF 98.71% WHEN IT IS EXCLUDED. OUR SHELTER ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST SAVE RATE AMONG OPEN- ADMISSION ANIMAL SHELTERS IN COLORADO,MARKING TEN YEARS OF LEADING THE ENTIRE STATE IN SAVE RATES.