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Gimme Shelter and a Pound of Advice <br />Figure 2 - Adult Cat Euthanasia Rates <br />Adult Cats Euthanized vs. Adult Cats TNR <br />as a % of Total Asilomar Outcomes <br />..._...._.. . <br />................. _..... <br />60% — - _ TNR program terminated Calif. Covid Restrictions End <br />and Calif. Covid Restrictions '---"- <br />50% Begin <br />a R� <br />Average = 28.8% <br />40% ccti ss' a� <br />°j ssrs t"$ :. ...::::: ..... ::......:::...............:.. :. ........._... <br />30% <br />20% . _ <br />4 <br />- k <br />°*Adult cats euthanized as a <br />10% <br />Asilomar outcomes net of TNR <br />Average = 20.9% „ outcomes. <br />0% Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 <br />2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 <br />-Adult Cats E:uthanized ° 9- TNR <br />Figure 2 illustrates that adult cat euthanasia rates increased at OCAC following the <br />termination of the TNR program and the beginning of COVID-19 restrictions. <br />The average adult cat euthanasia rate in the period from the 3rd quarter of 2018 through <br />the 1st quarter of 2020 (pre-TNR termination and COVID-19 restrictions) was 20.9%. The <br />average adult cat euthanasia rate in the period from the 2nd quarter of 2020 through the <br />-end 'of 2022 (post-TNR and COVID-19) was 28.8%. The increase in the rate of adult cat <br />euthanasia following TNR/COVID-19 is 38% over the previous period. The increase is <br />statistically significant. (See Appendix 1) <br />--- Comparing adultcate t z }anasla rates pre-TNR <br />and p <br />ost-T ' R : h in�ation of the TNR <br />j. <br />program correlate r <br />$ 'g ,crease �n adult cat <br />��, ._ <br />__ -- <br />euthanaslara ; atthe she ter. <br />To evaluate whether circumstances related to COVID-19 accounted for the increase in <br />_ euthanasia rates, the rates from the post-COVID-19/post-TNR termination were <br />compared to the rates pre-COVID-19/pre-TNR termination. Again, the average adult cat <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 PAGE 24 OF 61 <br />