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In OCAC's statistics, the sum of initial+intakes-outcomes usually doesn't equal the final <br />count. The DIFF row is almost never zero. Animals are disappearing into thin air and other <br />animals are sometimes appearing from thin air. We're not talking about animals being booked <br />in the statistics as "lost" - there is indeed a category for that rare event in the tables. Rather, <br />one of two things is happening: Real or phantom animals are completely unaccounted for in <br />intakes or outcomes; or the shelter just doesn't know how many animals it has at the beginning <br />or the end of the period. This happens on almost ALL their tables, except in the ones <br />where OCAC doesn't provide a final count at all. Do these empty rows suggest OCAC just <br />doesn't know how many animals it had? Or is their record -keeping so bad they didn't dare put <br />a number down? <br />The charts "Dog Miscount" and "Cat Miscount" show the discrepancies for the years 2021 and <br />2022, for annual as well as quarterly reports. If the animal accounting were correct, there <br />should be no yellow bars at all. It should just be a flat zero throughout. <br />This is accounting, not guesswork, there should be absolutely NO discrepancy. Has <br />nobody at OCAC or OCCR ever looked at these numbers? If your accountants did your books <br />this badly, you'd fire them on the spot. <br />We need answers <br />The public is entitled to ask: <br />- Are animals disappearing without anyone's knowledge? <br />- Are animals brought in without proper recording? <br />Cat Miscount <br />300 <br />200 Cats appearing <br />100 <br />W <br />.� ._1 N M N � N m <br />o Cf C7 Cf t7 o cr CI Cf O� <br />-100 N N N N N N N N <br />were] <br />-300 <br />Cats disappearing <br />M <br />-500 <br />Animal Counts - Page 3 of 6 <br />