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Why No-Kill Makes Dollars and…
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Sense Cents
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The UPAWS Experience
2006-07
Save Rate 48.7%
Average Cost per Animal
$233
2013-14
97.4%
$340
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It costs 68% more to save an animal! How can we afford that?
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The Programs of the No-Kill Equation
• Rescue Partnerships• Volunteers• Foster Care • Trap. Neuter. Release• Pet Retention• Comprehensive Adoption Program• Public Relations/Community Involvement• Medical & Behavior Prevention & Rehabilitation• High Volume/Low Cost Spay/Neuter• Proactive Redemption• Hard-Working, Compassionate Shelter Director
From: nokilladvocacycenter.org
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Rescue Partnerships
•Sense:• Gives the animal a whole new pool of prospective adopters
• Establishes relationships for times when the “big” cases happen
•Cents:• Frees up space and reduces expenses for direct animal care (feeding, cleaning, medical care, etc.)
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Volunteers•Sense:
• Frees up staff time to fulfill other needs• Provides animals with more enrichment, exercise and socialization time
• Volunteers become ambassadors for your organization
•Cents:• Can replace the need to hire additional staff• Volunteer advocacy can increase public awareness, donations, and adoptions
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Foster Care
•Sense:• Provides animals with home environment and individualized attention
• Fosters get to know the animal and can broaden opportunities for placement – vested in outcome
• Opens up kennel space at the shelter
•Cents:• Low-cost or no-cost means of caring for animals
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Trap, Neuter, Release
•Sense:• Reduces number of litters• Allows cats to live out their lives in an environment that is natural to them
• Frees up shelter space
•Cents:• Reduces number of cats in shelter that are unadoptable or difficult to place
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Pet Retention
•Sense:• Solving problems not only helps the animal, it makes for a better, more informed pet owner overall
• Keeps the animal in its home and out of the shelter
•Cents:• Eliminates the cost of caring for and re-homing the animal
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Comprehensive Adoption Program
•Sense:• Provides for greater opportunities for an animal to be seen and ultimately placed
• Shorter stays
•Cents:• Shorter stays translate to fewer costs in caring for animal
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Public Relations –Community Involvement
•Sense:• The greater the name recognition and the more positive the image, the greater the overall support and program successes
•Cents:• Goodwill, affinity, and vested interest translate to community awareness, higher volunteerism, more adoptions, more and bigger donations…. all of which affect the financial bottom line
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Medical & Behavior Prevention & Rehabilitation
•Sense:• Animals should not die for treatable medical issues and behavioral problems that can be rectified or managed
•Cents:• People love to root for the “underdogs” and help those who touch their hearts; special funds and donation drives to underwrite efforts to make these animals adoptable are typically well-received
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•Sense:• Fewer admissions means more space, less
overcrowding and more resources that can be dedicated to re-homing and saving lives
• An overload of puppies and kittens can overshadow many wonderful adults waiting for homes
•Cents:• Fewer admissions, especially of litters• A sick litter is more costly to treat than a single adult• Helping people in the community result in more
volunteers, good PR, and more opportunities for funding
High Volume, Low-Cost (Community) Spay & Neuter
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Proactive Redemptions•Sense:
• Gets strays home faster, freeing up shelter space and resources
• Better for the animals – they belong in homes, not shelters
• Promotes goodwill
•Cents:• Reduces expenses associated with caring for animals
• Can also provide income-producing revenue streams such as microchipping, ID tags
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•Sense:• A no-kill shelter is a machine with many working parts.
Without a director, staff, volunteers & board dedicated to the no-kill philosophy and committed to implementing the necessary components to make the machine run, you are left with random cogs on a wheel and a machine that won’t work.
•Cents:• A well-built machine is more efficient and effective. It
can not only save on expenses, it can also become revenue-generating both directly and indirectly.
Hardworking, Compassionate Director, Staff, Volunteers, Board
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So what happened?• Improved relationships with other shelters• Organized and improved the volunteer program
• Extended foster care program• Fledgling TNR program• Implemented several pet retention and re-homing and referral services
• Improved donor stewardship efforts• Amped up fundraising and friend-raising efforts
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• Improved adoption opportunities via:• Offsite adoption location and adoptathons• Variable fees and promotions• Pet adoption sponsorship opportunities• Expanded hours• Improved marketing• Moved from rigid adoption guidelines to flexibility and counseling
• Every effort made and opportunity taken to give the community ownership in the shelter, the animals, and programs
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• Behavior modification techniques implemented
• Illnesses and injuries treated whenever possible
• Community spay/neuter program implemented• Improved efforts to reunite pets with owners
• Increased advertising via social media and website
• Offered affordable microchipping services – continued giving free ID tags
• Required staff, volunteers, and board members be committed to exemplary customer relations and the UPAWS mission
• Stepped up presence and community awareness
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Components in Implementing the No-Kill Equation
Celebration
CommunityCreativity
Commitment
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What did that do to the bottom line?
2006-07
Save Rate48.7%
(1,431 animals)
Average Cost per Animal
$233
Revenue per Animal
$240(+ $7)
2013-1497.4%
(1,579 animals)
$340
$431 (+ $91)
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UPAWS Financial Statement Comparison – 2007 and 2014
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UPAWS Net Assets
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With all the wheels in motion…
Increased grant opportunities
Revenue-generating services & programs
Stable, knowledgeable workforce
Less stress
Faster turnovers
More adoptions
Supportive community
Increased donations
Greater number of volunteers
Fewer admissions
LESS KILLING
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Contact Information
Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS)
PO Box 968
Marquette, MI 49855
Reva Laituri, President
906-475-4798 (home)
Lareina Van Strien, Shelter Manager
906-475-6661(work)