City of Wichita - Animal Services Statistics
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Environmental Services
3303 N. Hillside
Wichita, KS 67219

Hours:
11:00 AM-6:30 PM
Monday-Saturday

1:00-5:00 PM
Sunday

1:00-5:00 PM
Most Holidays

Closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day.

Field Services
Phone: (316) 268-8378

Shelter Services
Phone: (316) 838-9623

Field and Shelter Services Fax
Fax: (316) 350-3372

Dennis Graves
Animal Services Supervisor

Drew Bessey
Shelter Supervisor


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Statistics

Each year, thousands of our community's cats and dogs are destroyed. The numbers, in fact, speak for themselves. This chart covers the years 1996-2006.

YEAR TOTAL OF ANIMALS RECLAIMED EUTHANIZED ADOPTED
1998 11,901 1,782 8,816 1,303
1999 10,929 1,649 7,912 1,368
2000 10,146 1,507 7,136 1,503
2001 9,258 1,502 6,433 1,321
2002 9,900 1,514 6,433 1,284
2003 9,630 1,323 7,250 1,056
2004 9,347 1,212 7,233 902
2005 9,667 1,263 7,358 1,046
2006 8,463 1,214 6,301 948
2007 10,011 1,516 7,463 1,032
2008 9,452 1,558 6,422 1,472

 

These are Animal Services statistics that cover the years 2002-2006.

Measure

Type

 2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Response rate to requests for service

Outcome

98.37%

98.16%

91.10%

93.02%

91.48%

Animals redeemed by owners

Outcome

1,558

1,516

1,181

1,263

1,212

Percent of animals redeemed or adopted

Outcome

36.09%

28.41%

25.54%

23.93%

22.61%

Animal bites investigated

Demand

920

834

832

902

1,139

Citizen requests for field service received

Demand

27,288

30,568

21,382

26,489

32,042

Dead animals picked up

Demand

2,472

5,398

5,670

6,166

6,328

Animals adopted

Demand

1,472

1,032

913

1,046

901

Citations and warnings issued

Output

5,438

5,709

4,429

5,328

5,757

Animals picked up by field staff

Output

5,611

5,597

5,306

6,250

5,340

Animals housed at Wichita Animal Shelter

Output

9,452

10,011

8,200

9,667

9,347

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