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On April 1, 1994 the San Francisco SPCA and the City's Department of Animal Care and Control signed the Adoption Pact. The Pact states that if the City Animal Control Center is unable to find a home for any of its healthy dogs or cats, The San Francisco SPCA will take the animal and guarantee to place him. The Pact also gives the San Francisco SPCA the ability to save the lives of thousands of treatable dogs and cats. (On June 13, 1997, The SF/SPCA modified its pit bull adoption program to no longer accept pit bulls with unknown histories.)



San Francisco Adoption Pact Fiscal Year 1997/1998 Summary



The San Francisco SPCA

DISPOSITION

NUMBER OF DOGS & CATS

PERCENT
Adopted 4,855 97.4%
Redeemed 48 1.0%
Euthanized
  • Adoptable
  • Treatable
  • Non-Rehabilitatable
    		•
    0
    0
    82
    0%
    0%
    1.6%
    TOTAL 4,985 100.00%


    The San Francisco Department of Animal Care & Control (ACC)

    DISPOSITION

    NUMBER OF DOGS & CATS

    PERCENT
    Adopted 1,713 18.1%
    Transferred to SF/SPCA 2,177 23.1%
    Redeemed 1,501 16.0%
    Euthanized
  • Adoptable
  • Pit Bulls*
  • Treatable
  • Underage**
  • Non-Rehabilitatable
    		•
    0
    51
    747
    447
    2,808
    0%
    0.5%
    7.9%
    4.7%
    29.7%
    TOTAL 9,444 100.00%


    ACC and SF/SPCA Combined Totals

    DISPOSITION

    NUMBER OF DOGS & CATS

    PERCENT
    Adopted 6,568 53.6%
    Redeemed 1,549 12.6%
    Euthanized
  • Adoptable
  • Pit Bulls*
  • Treatable
  • Underage**
  • Non-Rehabilitatable
    		•
    0
    51
    747
    447
    2,890
    0%
    0.4%
    6.1%
    3.6%
    23.6%
    TOTAL 12,252 100.00%



    *The dogs euthanized in this category were pit bulls with unknown histories.
    **The majority of animals in this category were neonatal kittens with serious illness and/or were euthanized without being offerred to The SF/SPCA.