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Strategy vs. Clairvoyance: Evalua5ng the Impact of Strategic
Programming Marc Peralta
Los Angeles Pre-‐2011
A Game Changer
Challenges
Challenges in 2011: L.A. Cat Injunc5on
• No cat can be turned away from the shelter.
• No resources on TNR can be provided to the public on city property.
• No TNR can be engaged by LAAS or contractors on city property.
• Return-‐to-‐field and shelter-‐neuter-‐return not allowed.
NKLA 5/31/2012 Update
“The Brick”
The Los Angeles Community Assessment:
A Strategy for Bringing AboutNo More Homeless Pets in
Los Angeles
The NKLA 2017 Plan
Noses In: • Targeted underserved/
high-‐intake areas for spay/neuter
Noses Out: • Adop5on • Transports Collabora5on: • Rescue groups pulling cats
and dogs • Rescue groups performing
targeted spay/neuter
“New Hampshire: A Leading Light for No-Kill”By Gregory Castle, April 1, 2011, Best Friends Blog
NKLA Manifesto: Get the Public Ac5vated
• Over 56,000 cats and dogs entering the 6 LAAS facili9es
• Over 9,600 intakes were underage ki>ens
• Over 23,000 shelter deaths
• 57.7% save rate for cats and dogs
• More than 17,000 dogs and cats killed
• Approximately 17,000 more cats and dogs need to be saved to reach 90% (threshold for a no-‐kill community)
2012 vs. 2011 Noses In • Targeted spay/neuter in
highest 8 zips in L.A. Noses Out • Best Friends in L.A. opens
Mission Hills facility, takes over 3,000 pets for: – Adop5on from center/mobiles
– Transports Partnering • Adop5on incen5ves • Grants
2012 Results • Save rate up 6% to 63.8% • Intake down by 2,000 • Rescue down by 300 animals: NKLA rescue groups take 3,000 pets in first year
TAKEAWAY: • Underage ki_ens make up 56% of cats killed or euthanized, and nearly 34% of all dogs and cats killed or euthanized
2013 New Programming
Best Friends goal is to take 1,500 more underage ki>ens in 2013 and 2,000 in 2014 from LAAS into our new ki>en nursery.
Best Friends opens and operates the NKLA Pet Adop9on Center to adopt 600 cats and dogs more for Best Friends in L.A. and 600 cats and dogs more for NKLA Coali9on members.
The Los Angeles Community Assessment: A Strategy for Bringing AboutNo More Homeless Pets in Los Angeles
The Stolen Peralta L.A. Philosophy
• Focus on filling lifesaving gaps: ki_ens, pets at risk at the shelter, kept only 24 of our over 200 dog kennels for small, easily adoptable dogs for public needs and focus the rest on large dogs
• Using stats provided by LAAS, focus on saving the fastest-‐to-‐adopt popula5ons that are at risk to maximize the number of animals that can be saved and keep working that way:
– Adoptable age ki_ens – Healthy cats – Healthy large dogs – Underage ki_ens
• Keep adult cats prominent in front of centers and u5lize previously unused room for adoptable ki_ens (2-‐4 months)
• Focus on ki_ens, keep increasing our intake amount for nursery
• Built an inclusive, accountable and expected change culture within Best Friends in L.A.
2012-‐2015 results Noses In • Intake down over 8,200 in
three years vs. 2012 Noses Out • Euthanasia and killing down
over 8,700 cats and dogs Partnering • NKLA partners (62 of over
200 New Hope partners) now taking nearly 60% of pets to rescue from LAAS by 2015
2012-‐2015 results • 2015 save rate up to 76.7% from
63.8% in 2012 • Ki_en killing down by almost
2,000 ki_ens from 2012 • Ki_ens now make up 63% of all
cat and over 43% of cat and dog euthanasia and killing
• NKLA partners pulling and adop5ng over 1,400 more pets vs. 2012
• Non-‐NKLA partners pulling nearly 1,000 fewer vs. 2012
• LAAS adop5ng over 1,200 fewer cats and dogs vs. 2012
Challenges facing us in final two years
• Have 2 years to raise the save rate by 14% by the end of 2017 (approximately 6,000 more cats and dogs) – With same work happening, NKLA will not happen. Because cats were
so much lower in save rate, ini5al plan did not reflect the scope of work needed for cats.
– Even with more ki_en work by Best Friends, ki_ens are the biggest key to our goal even more. Very few ki_ens being taken by other rescue groups and LAAS not able to sustain nursery work.
– Need to look at dogs and cats separately: Star5ng points and programs needed are much different.
– Over 80% of NKLA groups in 2015 focused on dogs: Need to get more cat work done through NKLA.
Dogs vs. Cats in L.A.: 2015 Dogs
• Save rate in 2011 was 71.3% and up to 87.4%
• Intake for dogs reduced by over 23% in 2015 vs. 2011 and on average by nearly 6% in those 4 years since 2011 (2012-‐2015)
• Dogs were on track for NKLA with decreased intake and current work
Adoptable Age Cats and Underage Ki>ens
• Needed to look at these two cat popula5ons differently
• Cat total save rate in 2011 was 36.3% and up to 62.3% in 2015
• Underage ki_en save rate in 2011 was 23.5% and up to 49.2%
• Ki_en intake and cat intake has plateaued and underage ki_en intake is beginning to slowly rise again
Takeaways for 2016 • “Noses in” solu5on of targeted spay/neuter was working for
dogs and they had a lot of support. It stopped working for cats in L.A.
• Many rescue groups and shelters were duplica5ng work and clashing over saving the same animals.
• Change Best Friends in L.A. approach and a_empt to influence NKLA partners in an approach away from rescuing small, faster-‐to-‐adopt dogs. Shelter adop5ons had declined as a result and we were not going to reach our goal of no-‐kill if we didn’t put more community resources into seniors, medical cases, cats, large breed dogs and underage ki_ens.
• Transports were no longer a good op5on. Transport candidate pets were in demand locally; use these resources for popula5ons that were s5ll at risk.
Inform the coali5on of the issue
• Held staff mee5ngs to present the problem to Best Friends in L.A. vets, foster, animal care, volunteer and management team and come up with solu5ons.
• Hold an NKLA Strategic Plan to present the issue and plan for next years of coali5on to meet our goal.
Cat Plan Solu5ons • Best Friends in L.A. extended foster
care program and nursery to save an addi5onal 1,000 underage ki_ens (underage ki_ens)
• NKLA groups entered into the nursery business (underage ki_ens)
• Working cat programs began to be expanded and created (community cats)
• L.A. sanctuaries opened into high-‐volume adop5on centers (ki_ens and cats)
• Safe at Home and shelter outreach programs created (underage ki_ens and LAAS adop5ons)
• Targeted spay/neuter only in specific blocks/addresses where cats/ki_ens have been brought to the shelter
Dogs to NKLA
• Con5nued focus on behavior programs with adop5on intent: play groups, C.L.A.S.S.
• Emphasis on large breed dogs, medical cases, geriatrics and seniors
Best Friends NKLA ini5a5ve on target to create the country’s largest no-‐kill community
MARCH 13, 2017 -‐ BY GREGORY CASTLE
In Conclusion
• Data is key. Looking at data mul5ple 5mes a year and doing annual analysis is key. Things will change; you need to change as well.
• Search out the popula5on of animals who need your help. Don’t duplicate work.
• Measure your programs’ success and don’t s5ck to things that do not show the results that you need or are no longer useful to your lifesaving gap.
• Celebrate your results and state and mo5vate to meet the next challenge.
• It’s about the numbers, but each number has whiskers.