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Gimme Shelter and a Pound of Advice <br />OCAC compiles records and participates according to the Asilomar Accords data <br />collection methods. The shelter publishes its Asilomar reports on its website. OCAC's <br />data includes statistics on monthly (pre-2021) and quarterly (post-2021) cat and dog <br />intake and outcomes such as adoptions, transfers, returns to owner, and euthanasia. <br />Analysis of OCAC Data <br />The Grand Jury reviewed euthanasia and Asilomar outcomes to evaluate whether <br />termination of the TNR program may have had any impact on euthanasia rates at the <br />shelter. Possibly confounding the issue is the fact that COVID-19 restrictions were put <br />into place about the same time the TNR program was terminated. <br />Figure 2 shows quarterly OCAC Asilomar adult cat TNR outcomes and adult cat <br />euthanasia outcomes from the 3rd quarter of 2018 through the end of 2022. TNR rates <br />are represented as a percent of total Asilomar outcomes. Euthanasia rates are <br />represented as a percent of total Asilomar outcomes net of TNR outcomes. Juvenile cats <br />are not included in the review because the shelter's juvenile cat population varies widely <br />with the season and, moreover, juveniles are not candidates for TNR. <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 PAGE 23 OF 51 <br />