Impact & Statistics
The Numbers at a Glance:
In 2023, Women's Animal Center had the following impact upon the pets and people in our community:
- 1,996 Animals Spayed or Neutered to Prevent Pet Overpopulation
- 804 Shelter Animals Adopted into New Homes
- 14,113 Community Pets and 3,321 Shelter Pets Treated in Our Veterinary Hospital for a Total of 17,434 Pets Treated
- 2,561 Animals Underwent Life Enhancing or Lifesaving Surgeries
- 12,267 Vaccines Administered to Keep Our Community's Pets Healthy
- 81 Shelter Animals Transferred to Our Rescue Partners
- 138 Lost Cats and Dogs Reunited with Their Families
- 57 Trap-Neuter-Returns to Humanely Control Our Community's Feral Cat Population
- 7,447 Hours of Service Donated by Our Dedicated Volunteers and Community Members
- $125,000 in Fees Waived or Discounted for Pets of Families in Need
- Countless Individuals Educated in our Veterinary Hospital and Shelter Programs, Including Approximately 700 Students and Adults Through Our Recently Relaunched Education Programs
Understanding Animal Statistics:
Women's Animal Center shelters cats, dogs and other small domestic companion animals. We accept all animals surrendered to us, regardless of age, breed or health; as well as all lost and stray animals found within Bucks County and designated Northeast Philadelphia zip codes that share a common border with Bensalem, Pa.
Our goal is to find homes or other placement for all healthy, and medically or behaviorally treatable animals with favorable post-treatment prognoses, and to reserve euthanasia only for those animals suffering terminally or determined to pose a danger to the public. We cannot accomplish this goal without the support and involvement of our community, and we believe that transparency is key to working together towards it.
Transparency begins with the thorough collection and tracking of data. How this data is interpreted and ultimately reported can be done through different standardized methods - each of which also utilize different measures to arrive at an organization's Live Release Rate or Save Rate. For a more comprehensive overview of our own status and progress, Women's Animal Center is reporting our data below through two of the most commonly used formulas in the industry: The Asilomar Live Release Rate and Best Friends Save Rate.