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title: "Austin Animal Center: Outcomes and Adoption Rates"
description: "Austin Animal Center in Austin has recorded 163,904 animal outcomes over 2013–2025. Of dogs, 97.6% leave alive and 50.2% are adopted. Of cats, 96.2% leave alive. These figures come from the shelter's own open data."
url: https://www.pawsitivid.com/shelter-data/us/austin
last_updated: 2026-06-06
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# Austin Animal Center: Outcomes and Adoption Rates

Austin Animal Center in Austin has recorded 163,904 animal outcomes over 2013–2025. Of dogs, 97.6% leave alive and 50.2% are adopted. Of cats, 96.2% leave alive. These figures come from the shelter's own open data.

## Dogs (94,505 outcomes)

Live release 97.6% · adopted 50.2%

| Outcome | Count | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adoption | 47,475 | 50.2% |
| Return to Owner | 23,677 | 25.1% |
| Transfer | 20,566 | 21.8% |
| Euthanasia | 2,215 | 2.3% |
| Died | 403 | 0.4% |
| Disposal | 96 | 0.1% |
| Missing | 41 | 0% |
| Unknown | 30 | 0% |
| Relocate | 2 | 0% |

Top adopted dogs breeds: Labrador Retriever Mix (4,912), Pit Bull Mix (4,366), Chihuahua Shorthair Mix (3,327), German Shepherd Mix (2,294), Pit Bull (1,741), Australian Cattle Dog Mix (1,169), German Shepherd (1,058), Labrador Retriever (1,041)

## Cats (69,399 outcomes)

Live release 96.2% · adopted 51.6%

| Outcome | Count | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adoption | 35,781 | 51.6% |
| Transfer | 26,702 | 38.5% |
| Return to Owner | 3,117 | 4.5% |
| Euthanasia | 2,563 | 3.7% |
| Died | 1,006 | 1.4% |
| Disposal | 164 | 0.2% |
| Missing | 51 | 0.1% |
| Unknown | 9 | 0% |
| Relocate | 6 | 0% |

Top adopted cats breeds: Domestic Shorthair Mix (15,763), Domestic Shorthair (13,760), Domestic Medium Hair Mix (1,682), Domestic Medium Hair (1,308), Domestic Longhair Mix (855), Siamese Mix (761), Domestic Longhair (491), Siamese (329)

## Common questions

**What is the adoption rate at Austin Animal Center?**

Of 94,505 dog outcomes, 50.2% were adoptions; for cats it is 51.6% of 69,399 outcomes. Figures cover 2013–2025.

**What is a live-release rate?**

It is the share of animals that leave the shelter alive — through adoption, return to owner, or transfer — out of outcomes excluding deaths in care. At Austin Animal Center it is 97.6% for dogs and 96.2% for cats.

**Where does this shelter data come from?**

It is aggregated from Austin Animal Center Outcomes (City of Austin), published as open data. Only anonymous totals are shown here — no individual animal records.

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Data: [Austin Animal Center Outcomes](https://data.austintexas.gov/Health-and-Community-Services/Austin-Animal-Center-Outcomes/9t4d-g238) — City of Austin. Public domain (City of Austin open data).