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title: "Animal Shelter Outcomes"
description: "What happens to dogs and cats at animal shelters — adoption, return-to-owner, and live-release rates from open shelter data across 2 shelters."
url: https://www.pawsitivid.com/shelter-data
---

# Animal Shelter Outcomes

These figures come from animal shelters that publish their intake and outcome data openly. They show how many dogs and cats are adopted, returned to owners, or transferred, and the live-release rate. This edition covers 2 shelters and 194,347 recorded outcomes.

## Shelters

- [Austin Animal Center](https://www.pawsitivid.com/shelter-data/us/austin) — Austin; 163,904 outcomes (2013–2025)
- [Sonoma County Animal Services](https://www.pawsitivid.com/shelter-data/us/sonoma) — Sonoma County; 30,443 outcomes (2014–2026)