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Gimme Shelter and a Pound of Advice <br />delegated to a lesser experienced staff member when the regular voting member is <br />unavailable. <br />The Grand Jury reviewed dog behavior -related euthanasia data and Asilomar outcomes <br />from the fourth quarter of 2018 to the third quarter of 2022 to evaluate the nature of dog <br />behavioral euthanasia at the shelter over time. The chart below shows quarterly dog <br />behavior euthanasia at OCAC for the third quarter of 2018 through the third quarter of <br />2022. Euthanasia rates are represented as a percent of total dog Asilomar outcomes by <br />quarter. Juvenile dogs are included in the review because the shelter's juvenile dog <br />population is subject to behavioral euthanasia. The Grand Jury found that for the dogs <br />euthanized for behavior during the period under review, 7.4% of the dogs were no more <br />than 6 months old and 14.2% were less than 1 year old. The Grand Jury was unable to <br />- determine why dogs less than one year in age would warrant behavioral euthanasia. <br />Figure 3 - Dog Euthanasia Rates (Behavioral) <br />6% <br />5% <br />4% <br />3% <br />All Dogs Euthanized for Behavior <br />as % of all All Dog ASILOMAR Outcomes <br />,.............. <br />Average = 1.19% <br />.......... .............-. <br />Average = 3.41 % <br />0% <br />...._.. . <br />04 01 Q2 -__Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 t Q1 ; Q2 Q3 j Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 <br />20182019 2020 2021 2022 <br />Dog behavioral euthanasia rates increase at OC Animal Care between the second and <br />third quarters in 2021 <br />Figure 3 illustrates that dog behavior -related euthanasia rates increased at OCAC <br />between the second and quarters of 2021. The average dog behavioral euthanasia <br />rate prior to the end of the second quarter of 2021 was 1.19% of all dog Asilomar <br />outcomes. Beginning in the third quarter of 2021 and through the third quarter of 2022, <br />the average dog behavioral euthanasia rate increased to 3.41 % of all dog Asilomar <br />outcomes, an increase of 187%. The increase is statistically significant. (See Appendix <br />2) <br />ORANGE COUNTY GRAND JURY 2022 1 2023 PAGE 26 OF 51 <br />